CVE-2009-4172 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in CutePHP CuteNews 1.4.6 and UTF-8 CuteNews versions 8 and 8b, specifically when the magic_quotes_gpc setting is disabled. This flaw allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML into a news article's body during an addnews action. The vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 2.6, indicating a network attack vector with high attack complexity and a potential impact of partial integrity compromise. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit modules, or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.4.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cutephp:cutenews:1.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:korn19:utf-8_cutenews:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8bCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:korn19:utf-8_cutenews:8b:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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