CVE-2008-5942 (GCVE-0-2008-5942)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-01-22 11:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 11:13
VLAI
Summary
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in MODx before 0.9.6.3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to (1) the preserveUrls function and (2) "username input." NOTE: vector 2 may be related to CVE-2008-5939.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/ja/contents/2009/JVNDB-2009-0… third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVNDB
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN10170564/index.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVN
http://svn.modxcms.com/svn/tattoo/tattoo/releases… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33184 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Date Public
2008-12-17 00:00
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