CVE-2009-4116: Cutephp Cutenews

Low severity, CVSS 3.5. EPSS: 2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in CutePHP CuteNews 1.4.6, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allow remote authenticated users with editor or administrative application access to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the source parameter in a (1) list or (2) editnews action to the Editnews module, and (3) the save_con[skin] parameter in the Options module. NOTE: vector 3 can be leveraged for code execution by using a .. to include and execute arbitrary local files.

Affected products

• Cutephp Cutenews: version 1.4.6 only

Published 2009-11-30. Last modified 2026-06-16.