{"id":"CVE-2009-4174","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2009-4174","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:33:36.427Z","title":"The editnews module in CutePHP CuteNews 1.4.6 and UTF-8 CuteNews before 8b, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote authenticated users with Journalist or Editor access to bypass administrative moderation and edit previously submitted articles…","description":"The editnews module in CutePHP CuteNews 1.4.6 and UTF-8 CuteNews before 8b, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote authenticated users with Journalist or Editor access to bypass administrative moderation and edit previously submitted articles via a modified id parameter in a doeditnews action.","published":"2009-12-02T19:30:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:13:11.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":6,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":["CWE-264"],"affected":["cutephp/cutenews","korn19/utf-8 cutenews"],"epss":{"score":0.01648,"percentile":0.7632,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2009-11-10","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":33345,"kind":"exploit","title":"CuteNews 1.4.6 editnews Module - doeditnews Action Admin Moderation Bypass","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33345","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/php/webapps/33345.txt","file":"exploits/php/webapps/33345.txt","published":"2009-11-10","added":"2009-11-10","updated":"2014-05-14","author":"Andrew Horton","type":"webapps","platform":"php","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2009-4174","OSVDB-60779"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36971/info"}]},"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 1.6%. 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":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36971","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54236","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":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36971","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54236","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-4174","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."}