Movable Type < 5.02 Multiple Vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 5535

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a cross-Site scripting (XSS) attack

Description

The remote host is running Movable Type, a blogging software for Unix and Windows platforms. The installed version is earlier than 5.02. Such versions are reportedly affected by a cross-site scripting flaw. An attacker, exploiting this flaw, would be able to post script code which would be executed in the browser of the blog readers.

Solution

Upgrade to Movable Type 5.02 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 5535

Family: CGI

Published: 5/12/2010

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.8

Temporal Score: 4.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Patch Publication Date: 5/11/2010

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/11/2010

Reference Information

BID: 40092

Detections

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