CVE-2009-4115
Multiple static code injection vulnerabilities in the Categories module in CutePHP CuteNews 1.4.6 allow remote authenticated users with application administrative privileges to inject arbitrary PHP code into data/category.db.php via the (1) category and…
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 2.0%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
Multiple static code injection vulnerabilities in the Categories module in CutePHP CuteNews 1.4.6 allow remote authenticated users with application administrative privileges to inject arbitrary PHP code into data/category.db.php via the (1) category and (2) Icon URL fields; or (3) inject arbitrary PHP code into data/ipban.php via the add_ip parameter.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.5 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 2.00% probability · 81th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 3 November 2005
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-94
- Affected
- cutephp/cutenews
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.0% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://www.morningstarsecurity.com/advisories/MORNINGSTAR-2009-02-CuteNews.txtExploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507782/100/0/threaded
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54243
- http://www.morningstarsecurity.com/advisories/MORNINGSTAR-2009-02-CuteNews.txtExploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507782/100/0/threaded
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54243
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.