CVE-2009-4173 describes a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in CutePHP CuteNews 1.4.6 and UTF-8 CuteNews versions before 8b. This flaw allows remote attackers to hijack administrator authentication to create new users, including new administrators, through the adduser action. The vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 6.8 (Medium), indicating that an attacker can exploit it remotely with medium complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While no active exploitation is noted, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this decade-old vulnerability.
| 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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