Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-36468 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-36468 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-36468?
- Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 6.1, published 21 September 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- CuteNews 2.1.2.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-36468?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-2026-36468 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a web application.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-36468?
- Check whether you run CuteNews at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
Reflected XSS vulnerability in index.php allows remote unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary JavaScript by supplying a URL parameter whose key contains URL-encoded XSS payloads (e.g., "><script>alert(1)</script>). The parameter name is reflected directly into the HTML response without proper output encoding. This requires no authentication or user interaction beyond visiting a crafted link.
Affected products
- CuteNews CuteNews 2.1.2
Timeline
- 2026-09-21: disclosed