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CVE-2009-4174

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.0 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-264

Description

The editnews module in CutePHP CuteNews 1.4.6 and UTF-8 CuteNews before 8b, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote authenticated users with Journalist or Editor access to bypass administrative moderation and edit previously submitted articles via a modified id parameter in a doeditnews action.

Affected products

• CutePHP.com CuteNews: 1.4.6
• Korn19 Utf-8 Cutenews: 8

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/54236
• 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/54236

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