Korn19 UTF-8 CuteNews up to 7 index.php cross-site request forgery

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Korn19 UTF-8 CuteNews up to 7 and classified as problematic. This impacts an unknown function of the file index.php. The manipulation leads to cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2009-4173. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. Furthermore, an exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Korn19 UTF-8 CuteNews up to 7 (Content Management System). This issue affects an unknown part of the file index.php. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-352. The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in CutePHP CuteNews 1.4.6 and UTF-8 CuteNews before 8b allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that create new users, including a new administrator, via an adduser action in the editusers module in index.php.

The weakness was published 12/02/2009 by Andrew Horton (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2009-4173 since 12/02/2009. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as highly functional. By approaching the search of inurl:index.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

Upgrading to version 8 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (54240), Exploit-DB (33344) and SecurityFocus (BID 36971†). 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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VulDB Base Score: 6.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross-site request forgery
CWE: CWE-352 / CWE-862 / CWE-863
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
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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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11/10/2009 🔍
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03/18/2015 +1932 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Andrew Horton
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2009-4173 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-4173
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-51005
X-Force: 54240 - CuteNews index.php cross-site request forgery
SecurityFocus: 36971 - CuteNews and UTF-8 CuteNews Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

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

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 03/29/2025 01:13
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (58), 12/19/2017 08:16 (7), 03/29/2025 01:13 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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