Korn19 UTF-8 CuteNews up to 7 Error Message search.php from_date_day information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Korn19 UTF-8 CuteNews up to 7. It has been classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file search.php of the component Error Message Handler. This manipulation of the argument from_date_day causes information disclosure. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2009-4175. Moreover, an exploit is present. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Korn19 UTF-8 CuteNews up to 7 (Content Management System) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the file search.php of the component Error Message Handler. The manipulation of the argument from_date_day with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

CutePHP CuteNews 1.4.6 and UTF-8 CuteNews before 8b allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via an invalid date value in the from_date_day parameter to search.php, which reveals the installation path in an error message.

The weakness was disclosed 12/02/2009 by Andrew Horton (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2009-4175 since 12/02/2009. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as highly functional. By approaching the search of inurl:search.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 (54235), Exploit-DB (33341) and SecurityFocus (BID 36971†). The entries VDB-51083, VDB-51082, VDB-51006 and VDB-51005 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
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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 🔍
12/02/2009 +22 days 🔍
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03/18/2015 +1932 days 🔍
03/26/2025 +3661 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

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

CVE: CVE-2009-4175 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-4175
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-51007
X-Force: 54235 - CuteNews search.php path disclosure
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: 03/26/2025 21:55
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (60), 12/23/2017 12:07 (7), 03/26/2025 21:55 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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