CuteNews articles security bypass

cutenews-articles-security-bypass (54236)

Medium Risk

Description:

CuteNews could allow a remote authenticated attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by improper access controls on submitted articles. By sending a direct request to the id parameter, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to access restricted content and possibly launch further attacks against the system.

*CVSS:

Base Score:	3.5
Access Vector:	Network
Access Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	Single
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	Partial
Availability Impact:	None
Temporal Score:	3
Exploitability:	High
Remediation Level:	Official-Fix
Report Confidence:	Confirmed

Consequences:

Gain Access

Remedy:

Upgrade to the latest version of UTF-8 CuteNews (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-2009-4174: The editnews module in CutePHP CuteNews 1.4.6 and UTF-8 CuteNews before 8b, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote authenticated users with Journalist or Editor access to bypass administrative moderation and edit previously submitted articles via a modified id parameter in a doeditnews action.
• OSVDB ID: 60779: CuteNews editnews Module doeditnews Action Admin Moderation Bypass

Platforms Affected:

• CutePHP CuteNews 1.4.6
• UTF-8 CuteNews UTF-8 CuteNews

Reported:

Nov 11, 2009

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