CVE-2004-1659 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in CuteNews 1.3.6 and earlier, specifically within the index.php file. This flaw allows authenticated attackers with various privilege levels (Administrator, Editor, Journalist, or Commenter) to inject arbitrary web script or HTML through the 'mod' parameter. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium severity with a network-based attack vector and low impact on integrity. While there is an ExploitDB entry for CuteNews versions 0.88/1.3.x, there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit or Nuclei modules, or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.88CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cutephp:cutenews:0.88:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cutephp:cutenews:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cutephp:cutenews:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cutephp:cutenews:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.3.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cutephp:cutenews:1.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.