Movable Type mt-comments.cgi static Parameter XSS

medium Nessus Plugin ID 54842

Synopsis

An application hosted on the remote web server is affected by a cross-site scripting vulnerability.

Description

The version of Movable Type running on the remote host is affected by a cross-site scripting vulnerability because the application fails to properly sanitize input to the 'static' parameter of the 'mt-comments.cgi' script. An attacker may be able to leverage this to inject arbitrary HTML and script code into a user's browser to be executed within the security context of the affected site.

Solution

Upgrade to Movable Type version 4.36 / 5.05 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?28b1e9f6

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 54842

File Name: movabletype_mtcomments_static_xss.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: remote

Published: 5/27/2011

Updated: 4/11/2022

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:sixapart:movable_type

Required KB Items: www/movabletype

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/24/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/24/2011

Reference Information

BID: 47997

CWE: 20, 442, 629, 711, 712, 722, 725, 74, 750, 751, 79, 800, 801, 809, 811, 864, 900, 928, 931, 990