{"id":"CVE-2009-4115","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2009-4115","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:43:42.574Z","title":"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…","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.","published":"2009-11-30T21:30:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:13:04.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":6.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":["CWE-94"],"affected":["cutephp/cutenews"],"epss":{"score":0.01999,"percentile":0.80611,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2005-11-03","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":1289,"kind":"exploit","title":"CuteNews 1.4.1 - Shell Injection / Remote Command Execution","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1289","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/php/webapps/1289.php","file":"exploits/php/webapps/1289.php","published":"2005-11-03","added":"2005-11-02","updated":null,"author":"rgod","type":"webapps","platform":"php","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["OSVDB-60781","CVE-2009-4115","OSVDB-51386"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.morningstarsecurity.com/advisories/MORNINGSTAR-2009-02-CuteNews.txt","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507782/100/0/threaded","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54243","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.morningstarsecurity.com/advisories/MORNINGSTAR-2009-02-CuteNews.txt","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507782/100/0/threaded","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54243","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-4115","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}