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CVE-2008-5941· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in MODx 0.9.6.1p2 and earlier allows remote attackers to perform unauthorized actions as oth

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in MODx 0.9.6.1p2 and earlier allows remote attackers to perform unauthorized actions as other users via unknown vectors.

MediumCVSS 6.0 · v2.0—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
Jan 22, 2009
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
0.5% · 39th percentile
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Action score

24

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
24 / 40 · 6.0 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.5%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
modxcmsmodxcms

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • modxcms modxcmsup to 0.9.6.1 inclusive
  • modxcms modxcms0.9.0
  • modxcms modxcms0.9.1
  • modxcms modxcms0.9.2.1
  • modxcms modxcms0.9.5
  • modxcms modxcms0.9.6

Same product

modxcms: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2010-1426SQL injection vulnerability in MODx Evolution before 1.0.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via unknown vectors rel
    30Monitor
  • CVE-2008-5938PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in assets/snippets/reflect/snippet.reflect.php in MODx CMS 0.9.6.2 and earlier, when magic_quotes_gp
    28Monitor
  • CVE-2008-7243Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in page 34 in MODx CMS 0.9.6.1 and 0.9.6.1p1 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentic
    27Monitor
  • CVE-2008-5940SQL injection vulnerability in index.php in MODx 0.9.6.2 and earlier, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to execute
    27Monitor
  • CVE-2007-5371Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in mutate_content.dynamic.php in MODx 0.9.6 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands
    27Monitor
  • CVE-2008-0094Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in MODx Content Management System 0.9.6.1 allow remote attackers to (1) include and execute arb
    26Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

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Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

    If successful

    Confidentiality
    P · data can be read
    Integrity
    P · data or configuration can be modified
    Availability
    P · the service can be disrupted
    Attack complexity
    M
    Confidentiality impact
    P
    Integrity impact
    P
    Availability impact
    P

    Weakness class (CWE)

    CWE-352 · Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

    CVSS vector

    AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

    nvd-primary

    Root cause

    State-changing requests rely on the session cookie the browser sends automatically; nothing verifies that the request came from the user’s own page.

    The bug in code

    The whole CWE-352 class

    A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

    Vulnerable

    ts
    app.use(session({ cookie: { httpOnly: true } }));app.post("/account/address", updateAddress);

    Fixed

    ts
    app.use(session({ cookie: { httpOnly: true, sameSite: "lax" } }));app.post("/account/address", csrfProtection, updateAddress);

    Attack context

    MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

    ATT&CK techniques

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    Change log

    No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

    References

    Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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