TI-2004-02485 Aliases CVE-2004-2615 GHSA-8f2r-wvm7-v573

The documentation for CuteNews 1.3.6 and possibly other versions specifies that files…

LOW 21Published 2005-12-04 · Updated 2024-08-08

Key facts

Attack vector: Local
Privileges required: None
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

The documentation for CuteNews 1.3.6 and possibly other versions specifies that files under cutenews/data must be manually given world-writable permissions, which allows local users to insert false news, delete news, and possibly gain privileges or have other unknown impact.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00331 26th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:cutephp:cutenews:1.3.6:::::::*	1.3.6	Vulnerable	Cutephp

cpe:2.3:a:cutephp:cutenews:1.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.3.6 Vulnerable ·Cutephp

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2004-2615
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8f2r-wvm7-v573

References

Advisory 1

20040829 CuteNews News.txt writable to world

Other 1

9385

TI-2008-04347 plugins/wacko/highlight/html.php in Strawberry in CuteNews.ru 1.1.1 (aka Strawberry)… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
TI-2019-08543 An issue was discovered in CutePHP CuteNews 2.1.2. CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
TI-2003-01140 PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in CuteNews 0.88 allows remote attackers to… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
TI-2020-04528 CuteNews 2.0.1 allows remote authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via unspecified vectors. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2005-02842 Direct static code injection vulnerability in the flood protection feature in… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
TI-2006-04293 Multiple PHP remote file inclusion vulnerabilities in CuteNews 1.3.x allow remote… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5

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Sources

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