---
id: CVE-2026-36468
title: >-
  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>…
summary: >-
  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>…
severity: medium
cvss: 6.1
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-79
published: '2026-09-21'
updated: '2026-09-22'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-22T20:00:03.713'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-36468'
references:
  - url: 'https://github.com/CuteNews/cutenews-2.0'
    label: cve@mitre.org
  - url: 'https://github.com/UmbraDeorum/cutenews-2.0-CVEs-2026-Disclosure'
    label: cve@mitre.org
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00341
epssPercentile: 0.25029
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-09-21T16:22:38.838042Z'
ingestedAt: '2026-09-21T16:11:47.453Z'
---

## Overview

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>).

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.