CVE-2008-0094
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in MODx Content Management System 0.9.6.1 allow remote attackers to (1) include and execute…
- 6.4MediumCVSS base score
- 3.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 12% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in MODx Content Management System 0.9.6.1 allow remote attackers to (1) include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the as_language parameter to assets/snippets/AjaxSearch/AjaxSearch.php, reached through index-ajax.php; and (2) read arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the file parameter to assets/js/htcmime.php.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Exploit-DB entries for it.
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Exploit-DB2 entries
- MODx 0.9.6.1 - 'htcmime.php' Source Code Information Disclosure (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 30968webapps, phppublished 2 Jan 2008Verified
- MODx 0.9.6.1 - 'AjaxSearch.php' Local File Inclusion (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 30969webapps, phppublished 2 Jan 2008Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
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- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 17 years later
· 17 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.4 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.2% · top 12% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.4.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
7
- 3522 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 28220 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://modxcms.com/forums/index.php/topic%2C21290.0.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- modx-ajaxsearch-file-include(39352) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 27097 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20080102 MODx CMS Source code disclosure, local file inclusion (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 27096 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-0107 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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