SB2012030301 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Movable Type

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SB2012030301 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Movable Type

Published: March 3, 2012 Updated: December 14, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2012030301
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Cross-site request forgery (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-0317)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site request forgery attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of the HTTP request origin. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted web page and perform arbitrary actions on behalf of the victim on the vulnerable website.


2) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-0320)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

Movable Type before 4.38, 5.0x before 5.07, and 5.1x before 5.13 allows remote attackers to take control of sessions via unspecified vectors related to the (1) commenting feature and (2) community script.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References