SB2012040201 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Movable Type
Published: April 2, 2012 Updated: December 14, 2020
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.
1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2011-5084)
CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVSSv4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XSS attacks.
The vulnerability is caused by an input validation error in Movable Type 4.x before 4.36 and 5.x before 5.05. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
2) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2011-5085)
CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation
CVSSv4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
Unspecified vulnerability in Movable Type 4.x before 4.36 and 5.x before 5.05 allows remote attackers to read or modify data via unknown vectors.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.