CVE-2009-4249 describes multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in CutePHP CuteNews 1.4.6. These flaws allow remote attackers to inject malicious web scripts or HTML through specific parameters in index.php and search.php, provided register_globals is enabled and magic_quotes_gpc is disabled. The vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 2.6, indicating a network-based attack with high complexity, resulting in potential partial integrity impact but no confidentiality or availability impact. 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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.4.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cutephp:cutenews:1.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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