CVE-2009-4250

CutePHP CuteNews 1.4.6 and UTF-8 CuteNews < 8b - Cross-Site Scripting via Multiple Parameters

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 2 public exploits for CVE-2009-4250. PoCs published by Andrew Horton.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a detailed security advisory describing multiple vulnerabilities in Cute News and UTF-8 Cute News, including XSS, CSRF, LFI, and command injection. It provides technical descriptions, proof-of-concept exploits, and affected versions.

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.

Exploits (2)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by Andrew Horton · textwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/10002

This is a detailed security advisory describing multiple vulnerabilities in Cute News and UTF-8 Cute News, including XSS, CSRF, LFI, and command injection. It provides technical descriptions, proof-of-concept exploits, and affected versions.

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 (for some exploits)
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 18, 2026 Full analysis →
exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by Andrew Horton · textwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33343

The provided text describes multiple vulnerabilities in CuteNews and UTF-8 CuteNews, including XSS, HTML injection, and security bypass issues. It includes a sample XSS payload but lacks executable exploit code.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Xss
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: CuteNews and UTF-8 CuteNews
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to the target application
MITRE ATT&CK
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (8)

Core 8
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54237
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54224
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54222
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54221
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507782/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54223
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36971

Scores

EPSS 0.0198
EPSS Percentile 77.9%

Details

CWE
CWE-79
Status published
Products (8)
cutephp/cutenews 1.4.6
korn19/utf-8_cutenews 2
korn19/utf-8_cutenews 3
korn19/utf-8_cutenews 4
korn19/utf-8_cutenews 5
korn19/utf-8_cutenews 6
korn19/utf-8_cutenews 7
korn19/utf-8_cutenews < 8
Published Dec 10, 2009
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026