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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.3

CVE-2006-2249 json

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in search.php in CuteNews 1.4.1 and earlier, and possibly 1.4.5, allow remote attackers…

published 2006-05-09 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-2250

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.1%
EPSS 2.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 82%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in search.php in CuteNews 1.4.1 and earlier, and possibly 1.4.5, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) user, (2) story, or (3) title parameters.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-27819)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

2.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-27819 CuteNews 1.4.1 - 'search.php' Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities webapps, 2006-05-05
  • neosecurityteam.net http://neosecurityteam.net/index.php?action=advisories&id=21 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17850 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

References

Sources

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