PT-2004-2565 · Cutenews · Cutenews

Published 2004-09-02 · Updated 2017-07-11 · CVE-2004-1659

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions CuteNews versions 1.3.6 and earlier

Description A cross-site scripting (XSS) issue exists, allowing remote attackers with certain privileges to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the mod parameter in the "index.php" file. This can be exploited by attackers with Administrator, Editor, Journalist, or Commenter privileges.

Recommendations For CuteNews versions 1.3.6 and earlier, consider restricting access to the mod parameter in the "index.php" file until a fix is available. As a temporary workaround, limit the privileges of users to prevent exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2004-1659

Affected Products

Cutenews

References · 6

• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/11097 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/24566 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-1659 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/12432 · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17214 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109415338521881&w=2 · Note