CVE-2026-36470

Published Sep 21, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 5.8 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Cutenews
Cutenews cutenews
Vendors & Products Cutenews
Cutenews cutenews
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Unescaped Referer Header Enables XSS in CuteNews v2.1.2
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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'}

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Title Unescaped Referer Header Enables XSS in CuteNews v2.1.2
Weaknesses CWE-79
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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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Sep 22, 2026, 3:42 PM
Reserved
Apr 6, 2026, 12:00 AM
Status
Deferred
Published
Sep 21, 2026, 4:17 PM
Modified
Sep 22, 2026, 8:00 PM