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low 2.6

CVE-2009-4172 json

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in index.php in CutePHP CuteNews 1.4.6 and UTF-8 CuteNews 8 and 8b, when magic_quotes_gpc is disab…

published 2009-12-02 16 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-4142

cvss
2.6
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.6%
EPSS 1.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 75%
public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in index.php in CutePHP CuteNews 1.4.6 and UTF-8 CuteNews 8 and 8b, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the body of a news article in an addnews action.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-33340)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

1.60% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 75% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-33340 CuteNews 1.4.6 - 'index.php' Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities webapps, 2009-11-10
  • EDB-10002 CuteNews and UTF-8 CuteNews - Multiple Vulnerabilities webapps, 2009-11-10
  • morningstarsecurity.com http://www.morningstarsecurity.com/advisories/MORNINGSTAR-2009-02-CuteNews.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36971 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 2.6 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

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