Description
CuteNews v.2.1.2 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in index.php. The value of the "Referer" header is copied into the response HTML unmodified/unescaped during POST messages to index.php.
Published: 2026-09-21
Score: 5.8 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Tue, 22 Sep 2026 18:15:00 +0000

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Title Unescaped Referer Header Enables XSS in CuteNews v2.1.2

Tue, 22 Sep 2026 16:30:00 +0000

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L'}

Mon, 21 Sep 2026 16:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Unescaped Referer Header Enables XSS in CuteNews v2.1.2
Weaknesses CWE-79

Mon, 21 Sep 2026 15:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description CuteNews v.2.1.2 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in index.php. The value of the "Referer" header is copied into the response HTML unmodified/unescaped during POST messages to index.php.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-22T15:42:26.961Z

Reserved: 2026-04-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2026-36470

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-09-21T16:17:07.970

Modified: 2026-09-22T20:00:03.713

Link: CVE-2026-36470

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Updated: 2026-09-22T18:00:17Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-79

    Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')