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.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- MODx 0.9.6 - 'index.php' Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities EDB-31120 · webapps · Feb 7, 2008 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 20080207 [DSECRG-08-013] Modx 0.9.6.1, 0.9.6.1p1 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities mailing-list
- 28840 third-party-advisory
- modx-index-multiple-xss(40375) vdb-entry
- 27672 vdb-entry
- 41232 vdb-entry