CVE-2009-4175

CutePHP CuteNews <8b - Info Disclosure

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 2 public exploits for CVE-2009-4175. PoCs published by Andrew Horton.

AI-analyzed exploit summary The provided text describes multiple vulnerabilities in CuteNews and UTF-8 CuteNews, including XSS, HTML injection, and security bypass issues. It outlines potential impacts and provides a sample URL for an information disclosure or XSS attack but lacks actual exploit code.

Description

CutePHP CuteNews 1.4.6 and UTF-8 CuteNews before 8b allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via an invalid date value in the from_date_day parameter to search.php, which reveals the installation path in an error message.

Exploits (2)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by Andrew Horton · textwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33341

The provided text describes multiple vulnerabilities in CuteNews and UTF-8 CuteNews, including XSS, HTML injection, and security bypass issues. It outlines potential impacts and provides a sample URL for an information disclosure or XSS attack but lacks actual exploit code.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Xss | Info Leak | Auth Bypass
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: CuteNews and UTF-8 CuteNews (version not specified)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to the target application · Potential admin privileges for some exploits
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →
exploitdb WRITEUP
webappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/10002

This advisory details multiple vulnerabilities in Cute News and UTF-8 Cute News, including XSS, CSRF, LFI, and command execution. It provides technical descriptions and proof-of-concept exploits for each vulnerability.

Classification
Writeup 100%
Attack Type
Xss | Csrf | Lfi | Auth Bypass | Info Leak
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Cute News 1.4.6, UTF-8 Cute News
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Register globals enabled · Magic quotes disabled · User registration allowed
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 19, 2026 Full analysis →

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54235
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507782/100/0/threaded
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36971

Scores

EPSS 0.0278
EPSS Percentile 84.5%

Details

CWE
CWE-200
Status published
Products (2)
cutephp/cutenews 1.4.6
korn19/utf-8_cutenews 8
Published Dec 02, 2009
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026