Korn19 UTF-8 CuteNews up to 7 code injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Korn19 UTF-8 CuteNews up to 7. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part. This manipulation causes code injection. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2009-4113. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Korn19 UTF-8 CuteNews up to 7 (Content Management System). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Static code injection vulnerability in the Categories module in CutePHP CuteNews 1.4.6 and UTF-8 CuteNews before 8b allows remote authenticated users with application administrative privileges to inject arbitrary PHP code into data/category.db.php via the Category Access field.

The weakness was published 11/30/2009 (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2009-4113 since 11/30/2009. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The requirement for exploitation is a single authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 8 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (54243). Similar entries are available at VDB-51083, VDB-51082, VDB-51007 and VDB-51006. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Code injection
CWE: CWE-94 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Unproven

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OpenVAS ID: 801056
OpenVAS Name: CuteNews/UTF-8 CuteNews Multiple Vulneablities
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: UTF-8 CuteNews 8

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12/20/2017 +1008 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2009-4113 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-4113
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-50965
X-Force: 54243 - CuteNews category.db.php module code execution

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 12/20/2017 09:40
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (54), 12/20/2017 09:40 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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