CVE-2008-5940

critical

Description

SQL injection vulnerability in index.php in MODx 0.9.6.2 and earlier, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the searchid parameter. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47840

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33182

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

http://secunia.com/advisories/33405

http://jvndb.jvn.jp/ja/contents/2009/JVNDB-2009-000005.html

http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN72630020/index.html

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: 0.00661