Cutephp CuteNews up to 1.4.5 search.php cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cutephp CuteNews up to 1.4.5 and classified as problematic. This affects an unknown function of the file search.php. Such manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2006-2249. The attack may be launched remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cutephp CuteNews up to 1.4.5 (Content Management System). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the file search.php. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-80. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in search.php in CuteNews 1.4.1 and earlier, and possibly 1.4.5, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) user, (2) story, or (3) title parameters.

The weakness was shared 05/04/2006 by k4p0 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at vupen.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-2249 since 05/08/2006. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

After before and not just, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:search.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (26270), Exploit-DB (27819), SecurityFocus (BID 17850†), OSVDB (25304†) and Secunia (SA20026†). The entry VDB-30105 is related to this item. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Researcher: k4p0
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-2249 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-2249
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-30104
X-Force: 26270
SecurityFocus: 17850 - CuteNews Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 20026 - CuteNews "search.php" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities, Less Critical
OSVDB: 25304 - CuteNews search.php Multiple Parameter XSS
Vupen: ADV-2006-1683

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 12:19
Updated: 09/19/2025 21:52
Changes: 03/12/2015 12:19 (50), 09/01/2017 06:25 (16), 09/19/2025 21:52 (21)
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