CVE-2008-5938

critical

Description

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in assets/snippets/reflect/snippet.reflect.php in MODx CMS 0.9.6.2 and earlier, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the reflect_base parameter.

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7204

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46797

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3236

http://svn.modxcms.com/svn/tattoo/tattoo/releases/0.9.6.3/install/changelog.txt

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4940

http://secunia.com/advisories/32824

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2009-01-22

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.03612