CVE-2009-4250 Cross-site scripting in n/a
Remote attackers can inject arbitrary web script or HTML via multiple parameters in CuteNews, potentially leading to session hijacking or data theft.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2009-4250?
CVE-2009-4250 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 10 Dec 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-4250?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Cutephp Cutenews, Korn19 Utf-8 Cutenews.
How do I fix CVE-2009-4250?
No fix has been published for CVE-2009-4250 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2009-4250 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2009-4250 exists.
Public exploit code: 2 Exploit-DB entries.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-f4hj-wx9v-jvfh.