CVE-2009-4250

Public Exploit

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.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 5.89% Top 10%
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54237 vdb entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54224 vdb entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54222 vdb entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54221 vdb entry
http://www.morningstarsecurity.com/advisories/MORNINGSTAR-2009-02-CuteNews.txt exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507782/100/0/threaded mailing list
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54223 vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36971 vdb entry exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2009-4250?
CVE-2009-4250 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2009-4250?
To fix CVE-2009-4250, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2009-4250 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2009-4250 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~6% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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