Cross-site request forgery in Six Apart Ltd products - CVE-2020-5576
Published: May 14, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU27918
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-5576
CWE-ID: CWE-352
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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.
Affected software
Movable Type Premium
Movable Type Premium Advanced
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Movable Type Advanced
Movable Type for AWS
Movable Type Premium Advanced
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How to mitigate CVE-2020-5576
Install updates from vendor's website.
Movable Type - addressed in versions 6.3.12, 6.6, 7.3
Movable Type Advanced - addressed in versions 6.3.12, 6.6.0, 7.3.0
Movable Type for AWS - update to 7.3.0
Movable Type Advanced - addressed in versions 6.3.12, 6.6.0, 7.3.0
Movable Type for AWS - update to 7.3.0