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CVE-2008-7242

Published: Sep 17, 2009Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-79
NVD MITRE
4.3CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
1.5%
Top 28.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
1 Known
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in MODx CMS 0.9.6.1 and 0.9.6.1p1 allo remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) search, (2) "a," (3) messagesubject, and (4) messagebody parameters to certain pages as reachable from manager/index.php; (5) highlight, (6) id, (7) email, (8) name, and (9) parent parameters to index.php; and the (10) docgrp and (11) moreResultsPage parameters to index-ajax.php.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:MAu:NC:NI:PA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:MAccess Complexity
Medium
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-79

Affected Products

n/an/a
modxcmsmodxcms
On-prem
Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core
modxcmsoss-projectWeb & CMS Pluginsaka evolution, filedownload

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Execution
Initial Access
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References

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487696/100/200/threaded
securityfocus.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/28840
secunia.com
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40375
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
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Timeline

Published
Sep 17, 2009
Last Updated
Apr 23, 2026

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