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CVE-2026-36470: XSS

Source CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.8 Medium.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 17:16 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
5.8Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 12% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 21 Sep 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

AI-suggested

Users should monitor the vendor's advisory for updates. In the meantime, applying input validation and output encoding on the Referer header before including it in responses can mitigate the risk.

Description

CuteNews version 2.1.2 contains a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the index.php file. The vulnerability arises because the Referer HTTP header value is reflected into the HTML response without proper escaping during POST requests. This flaw can lead to partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability under certain conditions.

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