Is CVE-2009-4172 being actively exploited?

CVE-2009-4172 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2009-4172?

CVE-2009-4172 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 2.6 (LOW).

CVE-2009-4172

LOW · CVSS 2.6EPSS 1.6%EU EUVD

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in index.php in CutePHP CuteNews 1.4.6 and UTF-8 CuteNews 8 and 8b, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the body of a news article in an addnews action.

Key facts

CVSS score: 2.6 (v2.0)
Severity: LOW
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-79
EPSS score: 1.6% (76th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2009-4142)
Published: December 2, 2009
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-4142 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

cutephp / cutenews
korn19 / utf-8 cutenews
korn19 / utf-8 cutenews

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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