CVE-2009-4173 EXPLOIT
6.8
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 1% (pctl 63)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in CutePHP CuteNews 1.4.6 and UTF-8 CuteNews before 8b allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that create new users, including a new administrator, via an adduser action in the editusers module in index.php.
Scoring
| CVSS | 6.8 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 1.03% — more likely to be exploited than 63% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-352 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2009-12-02 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| cutephp | cutenews |
| korn19 | utf-8 cutenews |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | CuteNews and UTF-8 CuteNews - Multiple Vulnerabilities | 2009-11-10 |
| exploit-db | CuteNews 1.4.6 - 'index.php' Cross-Site Request Forgery (New User Creation) | 2009-11-10 |
References
- http://www.morningstarsecurity.com/advisories/MORNINGSTAR-2009-02-CuteNews.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507782/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36971
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54240
- http://www.morningstarsecurity.com/advisories/MORNINGSTAR-2009-02-CuteNews.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507782/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36971
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54240
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