CuteNews news articles cross-site scripting
| cutenews-newsarticles-xss (54225) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
CuteNews is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the index.php script. If magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the body of a news article to inject malicious script into a Web page which would be executed in a victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the page is viewed. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 4.3 |
| Access Vector: | Network |
| Access Complexity: | Medium |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | None |
| Temporal Score: | 3.7 |
| Exploitability: | High |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of CuteNews (UTF-8b or later), available from the UTF-8 CuteNews Web site. See References.
References:
- MORNINGSTAR-2009-02: Multiple security issues in Cute News and UTF-8 Cute News.
- UTF-8 CuteNews Web site: UTF-8 CuteNews.
- BID-36971: CuteNews and UTF-8 CuteNews Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2009-4172: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in index.php in CutePHP CuteNews 1.4.6 and UTF-8 CuteNews 8 and 8b, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the body of a news article in an addnews action.
- OSVDB ID: 60635: CuteNews index.php Multiple Parameter XSS
Platforms Affected:
- CutePHP CuteNews 1.4.6
- UTF-8 CuteNews UTF-8 CuteNews
Reported:
Nov 11, 2009
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