Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in CutePHP CuteNews 1.4.6, when register_globals is enabled and magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) lastusername and (2) mod parameters to index.php; and (3) the title parameter to search.php.
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 2
- CuteNews and UTF-8 CuteNews - Multiple Vulnerabilities EDB-10002 · webapps · Nov 10, 2009 · verified
- CuteNews 1.4.6 - 'search.php' Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities EDB-33342 · webapps · Nov 10, 2009 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- cutenews-search-xss(54222) vdb-entry
- cutenews-index-xss(54220) vdb-entry
- http://www.morningstarsecurity.com/advisories/MORNINGSTAR-2009-02-CuteNews.txt
- cutenews-lastusername-xss(54219) vdb-entry
- 20091110 [MORNINGSTAR-2009-02] Multiple security issues in Cute News and UTF-8 Cute News mailing-list
- 36971 vdb-entry