Cutenews Index.PHP Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	18918
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Jul 10 2006 12:00AM
Updated:	Jul 11 2006 10:43PM
Credit:	A.nosrati is credited with discovering this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	CutePHP CuteNews 1.4.5
Not Vulnerable:

Cutenews Index.PHP Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability

Cutenews is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to sanitize input before displaying it to users of the application.

An attacker may leverage this issue to have arbitrary script code execute in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may help the attacker steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

Cutenews Index.PHP Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability

Attackers can exploit this issue by enticing a user into following a malicious link.

Cutenews Index.PHP Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please email us at: [email protected]:[email protected].

Cutenews Index.PHP Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• CuteNews Homepage (Cutephp)
  
• Cutenews v1.4.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities (A.nosrati)