THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2008-4557
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2008-4557

Cutenews vulnerability

CVSS
10.0
EPSS
45.3%
EPSS pct
99th
Exploited
No known
plugins/wacko/highlight/html.php in Strawberry in CuteNews.ru 1.1.1 (aka Strawberry) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via the text parameter, which is inserted into an executable regular expression.
Affected vendor
Cutephp
Affected product
Cutenews
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2008-10-14

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 45.3% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it among the most exploited CVEs currently tracked.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2008-4557

  • Confirm whether Cutephp Cutenews is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-4557.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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