CVE-2026-36468

6.1 MEDIUMpublic exploit available

Published 2026-09-21 · Updated 2026-09-21

AI risk analysis

Summary: The flaw is a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in CuteNews v.2.1.2 that allows remote unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious scripts via URL parameters, potentially leading to information disclosure or user manipulation.
Exploitability: Exploitation requires control over the URL parameter key and knowledge of common XSS payloads; it is moderately easy for attackers with basic skills.
Blast radius: If exploited, this could lead to unauthorized access to user sessions or data manipulation on affected websites, impacting a wide range of users.
Prioritized remediation: Update to the latest version of CuteNews that addresses this vulnerability or apply custom input validation and sanitization for URL parameters.

xsswebunauthenticatedinput-validation

Analysis generated locally by qwen2.5:7b-instruct (no data left the box). AI-assisted — verify against primary sources before acting.

NVD description

Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in index.php in CuteNews v.2.1.2 allows remote unauthenticated attackers to supply an arbitrarily named URL parameter key, with part of its name containing any URL-encoded common XSS payload (such as "><script>alert(1)</script>).

CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

CWE-79

Public exploit & PoC references

All references

Source data: NVD (nvd.nist.gov), public domain. Exploit-DB.ai adds local AI analysis for defensive use only.

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