CVE-2009-4250 describes multiple Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities affecting CutePHP CuteNews 1.4.6 and UTF-8 CuteNews before 8b, as well as Korn19 versions. These flaws allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML through various parameters in register.php, search.php, and index.php, including news comments. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity and potential for partial integrity impact. While some vulnerabilities require specific server configurations (register_globals enabled or magic_quotes_gpc disabled), exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit modules, or significant community discussion.
| 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:korn19:utf-8_cutenews:2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:korn19:utf-8_cutenews:3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:korn19:utf-8_cutenews:4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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