Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in index.php in CuteNews 1.3.6 and earlier allows remote attackers with Administrator, Editor, Journalist or Commenter privileges to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the mod parameter.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- CuteNews 0.88/1.3.x - 'index.php' Cross-Site Scripting EDB-24566 · webapps · Sep 2, 2004 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 12432 third-party-advisory
- 11097 vdb-entry
- 20040902 [hackgen-2004-#001] - Non-critacal Cross-Site Scripting bug in CuteNews mailing-list
- cutenews-mod-xss(17214) vdb-entry