CVE-2009-4250

Name: CVE-2009-4250
Creator: NVD / NIST
Published: 2009-12-10T00:30:00.25+00:00
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

UnknownEPSS 1.98%

Last modified Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2009-4250 is a vulnerability of currently unknown severity. Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in CutePHP CuteNews 1.4.6 and UTF-8 CuteNews before 8b allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the result parameter to register.php; (2) the user parameter to search.php; the (3) cat_msg, (4) source_msg, (5) postponed_selected, (6) unapproved_selected, and (7) news_per_page parameters in a list action to the editnews module of index.php; and (8) the link tag in news comments. NOTE: some of the vulnerabilities require register_globals to be enabled and/or magic_quotes_gpc to be disabled.. EPSS estimates a 1.98% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in CutePHP CuteNews 1.4.6 and UTF-8 CuteNews before 8b allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the result parameter to register.php; (2) the user parameter to search.php; the (3) cat_msg, (4) source_msg, (5) postponed_selected, (6) unapproved_selected, and (7) news_per_page parameters in a list action to the editnews module of index.php; and (8) the link tag in news comments. NOTE: some of the vulnerabilities require register_globals to be enabled and/or magic_quotes_gpc to be disabled.

Metrics

EPSS Probability

1.98%

78.0th percentile

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. Learn more

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Affected Software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Cutephp	Cutenews	1.4.6
Korn19	Utf-8 Cutenews	<= 8
Korn19	Utf-8 Cutenews	2
Korn19	Utf-8 Cutenews	3
Korn19	Utf-8 Cutenews	4
Korn19	Utf-8 Cutenews	5
Korn19	Utf-8 Cutenews	6
Korn19	Utf-8 Cutenews	7

References

Timeline

Published: Dec 10, 2009
Last Modified: Jun 16, 2026
Status: Modified

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2009-4250?

How severe is CVE-2009-4250?

Severity scoring for CVE-2009-4250 is pending analysis. The EPSS model estimates a 1.98% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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Source: NVD / NIST