CVE-2009-4172

Exp

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.

Published: 2009-12-02 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2009-4172 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.60%). 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2009-4172

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
10002 exploit_db edb 2009-11-10 Exploit-DB ↗
33340 exploit_db edb 2009-11-10 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-4172

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 3.39% 1.60% -1.80%
2 2026-05-08 0.82% 3.39% +2.57%
3 2025-08-26 — 0.82% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-4172

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.6 2.0 LOW
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 4.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-4172

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-4172

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cutephp cutenews 1.4.6 cpe:2.3:a:cutephp:cutenews:1.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
korn19 utf-8_cutenews 8 cpe:2.3:a:korn19:utf-8_cutenews:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
korn19 utf-8_cutenews 8b cpe:2.3:a:korn19:utf-8_cutenews:8b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-4172

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