CVE-2026-36472

medium

Assigned by CNA: mitre

Published 2026-09-21 · Modified 2026-09-21

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CVSS v3

5.2

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

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

5.2

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

52%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

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References

CWEs

CWE-79

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.