CVE-2009-4172

Severity: low (CVSS 2.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-12-02 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

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.

Affected products

CutePHP.com CuteNews: 1.4.6
Korn19 Utf-8 Cutenews: 8, 8b

References

http://www.morningstarsecurity.com/advisories/MORNINGSTAR-2009-02-CuteNews.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507782/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36971
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54225
http://www.morningstarsecurity.com/advisories/MORNINGSTAR-2009-02-CuteNews.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507782/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36971
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54225

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