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CVE-2009-4250

4.3 · MEDIUM

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in CutePHP CuteNews 1.4.6 and UTF-8 CuteNews before 8b allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the result parameter…

Published Dec 10, 2009cutephpCWE-79EPSS 1.98%

Overview

CVE-2009-4250 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting cutephp cutenews. It was published on December 10, 2009 and has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 4.3 (MEDIUM).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 4.3, rated MEDIUM. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

Technical description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in CutePHP CuteNews 1.4.6 and UTF-8 CuteNews before 8b allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the result parameter to register.php; (2) the user parameter to search.php; the (3) cat_msg, (4) source_msg, (5) postponed_selected, (6) unapproved_selected, and (7) news_per_page parameters in a list action to the editnews module of index.php; and (8) the link tag in news comments. NOTE: some of the vulnerabilities require register_globals to be enabled and/or magic_quotes_gpc to be disabled.

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from cutephp. Update cutenews to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Affected products

VendorProductVersionsStatus
korn19utf-8_cutenews0Affected

References

Refwww.morningstarsecurity.com/advisories/MORNINGSTAR-2009-02-CuteNews.txtRefwww.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507782/100/0/threadedRefwww.securityfocus.com/bid/36971Refexchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54221Refexchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54222Refexchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54223Refexchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54224Refexchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54237Refwww.morningstarsecurity.com/advisories/MORNINGSTAR-2009-02-CuteNews.txtRefwww.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507782/100/0/threaded

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2009-4250?

CVE-2009-4250 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting cutephp cutenews. It was published on December 10, 2009 and has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 4.3 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2009-4250?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 4.3, rated MEDIUM. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2009-4250?

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from cutephp. Update cutenews to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

How can CyberStrike help with CVE-2009-4250?

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