Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in CutePHP CuteNews 1.4.6 and UTF-8…
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Medium
- 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
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in CutePHP CuteNews 1.4.6 and UTF-8 CuteNews before 8b allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the result parameter to register.php; (2) the user parameter to search.php; the (3) cat_msg, (4) source_msg, (5) postponed_selected, (6) unapproved_selected, and (7) news_per_page parameters in a list action to the editnews module of index.php; and (8) the link tag in news comments. NOTE: some of the vulnerabilities require register_globals to be enabled and/or magic_quotes_gpc to be disabled.
Why it matters now
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 · 8
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:cutephp:cutenews:1.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1.4.6 | Vulnerable | Cutephp |
| cpe:2.3:a:korn19:utf-8_cutenews:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | up to 8 | Vulnerable | Korn19 |
| cpe:2.3:a:korn19:utf-8_cutenews:2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2 | Vulnerable | Korn19 |
| cpe:2.3:a:korn19:utf-8_cutenews:3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 3 | Vulnerable | Korn19 |
| cpe:2.3:a:korn19:utf-8_cutenews:4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4 | Vulnerable | Korn19 |
| cpe:2.3:a:korn19:utf-8_cutenews:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5 | Vulnerable | Korn19 |
| cpe:2.3:a:korn19:utf-8_cutenews:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6 | Vulnerable | Korn19 |
| cpe:2.3:a:korn19:utf-8_cutenews:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 7 | Vulnerable | Korn19 |
- cpe:2.3:a:cutephp:cutenews:1.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.6 Vulnerable ·Cutephp
- cpe:2.3:a:korn19:utf-8_cutenews:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 8 Vulnerable ·Korn19
- cpe:2.3:a:korn19:utf-8_cutenews:2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2 Vulnerable ·Korn19
- cpe:2.3:a:korn19:utf-8_cutenews:3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3 Vulnerable ·Korn19
- cpe:2.3:a:korn19:utf-8_cutenews:4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4 Vulnerable ·Korn19
- cpe:2.3:a:korn19:utf-8_cutenews:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5 Vulnerable ·Korn19
- cpe:2.3:a:korn19:utf-8_cutenews:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6 Vulnerable ·Korn19
- cpe:2.3:a:korn19:utf-8_cutenews:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7 Vulnerable ·Korn19
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2009-4250
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-f4hj-wx9v-jvfh
Sources
- CVE-2009-4250 · CVE Program
- CVE-2009-4250 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-f4hj-wx9v-jvfh · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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