SB2016062702 - SQL injection in Movable Type
Published: June 27, 2016 Updated: July 12, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016062702
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) SQL injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-5742)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to inject SQL commands.The vulnerability exists due to improper user-supplied input validation in the xml-rpc interface. A remote unauthenticated attacker can inject SQL commands by supplying a specially crafted parameter value.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in disclosure of system information,
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.