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CVE-2009-4174

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-4174 describes an administrative moderation bypass vulnerability in CutePHP CuteNews 1.4.6 and UTF-8 CuteNews versions prior to 8b, specifically within the editnews module. When magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, authenticated users with Journalist or Editor privileges can modify previously submitted articles by manipulating the 'id' parameter during a 'doeditnews' action. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.0, indicating a medium severity with network access, medium attack complexity, and partial impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, an ExploitDB entry (EDB-33345) exists, and there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this decade-old flaw.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
6.8
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.65%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
74.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-33345 · Nov 10, 2009
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0165 is in the 77th percentile among its peer group of 1,424 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/54236
morningstarsecurity.com / advisories/MORNINGSTAR-2009-02-CuteNews.txt
Exploit
securityfocus.com / archive/1/507782/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/36971
Exploit