CVE-2008-5845
What it is
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Six Apart Movable Type (MT) before 4.23 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a (1) MTEntryAuthorUsername, (2) MTAuthorDisplayName, (3) MTEntryAuthorDisplayName, or (4) MTCommenterName field in a Profile View template; a (5) listing screen or (6) edit screen in the CMS app; (7) a TrackBack title, related to the HTML sanitization library; or (8) a user archive name (aka archive title) on a published Community Blog template.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network without logging in. Limited direct impact.
- Exploit odds
- 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- No patch or advisory is linked yet. Look at mitigations or restrict exposure.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 1.1% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 4.3 MEDIUM (CVSS).
- Fix: none linked yet, which raises it.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 1.1% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-79 · Cross-site scripting
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Sixapart Movable Type ≤ 4.21
- Sixapart Movable Type 3.0d
- Sixapart Movable Type 3.1
- Sixapart Movable Type 3.01d
- Sixapart Movable Type 3.2
- Sixapart Movable Type 3.3
- Sixapart Movable Type 3.11
- Sixapart Movable Type 3.12
Attack profile CVSS 2.0 · 4.3
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Medium
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- None
Raw vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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References
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN45658190/index.html
- http://jvndb.jvn.jp/ja/contents/2011/JVNDB-2011-000031.html
- http://www.movabletype.org/mt_423_change_log.html
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN45658190/index.html
- http://jvndb.jvn.jp/ja/contents/2011/JVNDB-2011-000031.html
- http://www.movabletype.org/mt_423_change_log.html