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TI-2009-03957 Aliases CVE-2009-4172GHSA-pffx-p9wj-4w76

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in index.php in CutePHP CuteNews 1.4.6 and UTF-8…

Priority LOW 16CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Partial · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01596 75th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:cutephp:cutenews:1.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.6VulnerableCutephp
cpe:2.3:a:korn19:utf-8_cutenews:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8VulnerableKorn19
cpe:2.3:a:korn19:utf-8_cutenews:8b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8bVulnerableKorn19
  • cpe:2.3:a:cutephp:cutenews:1.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.6 Vulnerable ·Cutephp
  • cpe:2.3:a:korn19:utf-8_cutenews:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8 Vulnerable ·Korn19
  • cpe:2.3:a:korn19:utf-8_cutenews:8b:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8b Vulnerable ·Korn19

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2009-4172
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-pffx-p9wj-4w76

References

Exploit 1

Sources

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