Cutenews Default Credentials Link

These defaults are hardcoded into the installation scripts, and failure to modify them leaves the application in a highly vulnerable state.

The Persistent Threat of Default Credentials: A Case Study of CuteNews cutenews default credentials

Shodan and Censys scans reveal thousands of CuteNews installations still active on the public web. A non-intrusive analysis from 2020–2023 showed that approximately 4-7% of publicly accessible CuteNews admin panels still accepted the default admin:admin credentials. These systems have been repeatedly exploited by botnets (e.g., Mirai variants targeting IoT blogs) and SEO spam campaigns to inject malicious redirects. These defaults are hardcoded into the installation scripts,