CVE-2026-36472

medium

CuteNews v.2.1.2 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS).

CuteNews v.2.1.2 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS). Improper neutralization of the __referer value 2.0.1 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the context of an authenticated user's session via a javascript: URI rendered as an unsanitized clickable link on the msg_info page.

CVSS

5.2

5.2 (CVSS v3.1)

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)

Timeline (UTC)

Published: 2026-09-21 16:17

Modified: 2026-09-22 20:00

NVD status: Deferred

Last synced 3 days ago

Verified against the source API 2026-10-27 06:54 UTC

Exploitation

Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)

Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).

Affected products

Not reported by the source (unknown — not "none").

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

No vendor advisory or patch reference tagged by NVD. Check the references below.

References

https://github.com/CuteNews/cutenews-2.0 cve@mitre.org
https://github.com/CuteNews/cutenews-2.0/blob/master/core/core.php cve@mitre.org
https://github.com/UmbraDeorum/cutenews-2.0-CVEs-2026-Disclosure cve@mitre.org

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 06:54 UTC · record ↗

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