JVN#73357573: Movable Type vulnerable to cross-site scripting

Overview

Movable Type provided by Six Apart, Ltd. contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability.

According to the developer, this vulnerability was addressed in Movable Type 5.2.

Movable Type contains an issue in processing the management page, which may result in a cross-site scripting vulnerability.

An arbitrary script may be executed or a false form may be displayed on the administrator's web browser.

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Vendor	Status	Last Update	Vendor Notes
Six Apart, Ltd.	Vulnerable	2014/09/10

Analyzed on 2014.09.09 (CVSS Base Metrics)

What is CVSS?

Measures	Severity			Description
Access Vector(AV)	Local (L)	Adjacent Network (A)	Network (N)	A vulnerability exploitable with network access means the vulnerable software is bound to the network stack and the attacker does not require local network access or local access. Such a vulnerability is often termed "remotely exploitable".
Access Complexity(AC)	High (H)	Medium (M)	Low (L)	Specialized access conditions or extenuating circumstances do not exist.
Authentication(Au)	Multiple (M)	Single (S)	None (N)	The vulnerability requires an attacker to be logged into the system (such as at a command line or via a desktop session or web interface).
Confidentiality Impact(C)	None (N)	Partial (P)	Complete (C)	There is no impact to the confidentiality of the system.
Integrity Impact(I)	None (N)	Partial (P)	Complete (C)	Modification of some system files or information is possible, but the attacker does not have control over what can be modified, or the scope of what the attacker can affect is limited.
Availability Impact(A)	None (N)	Partial (P)	Complete (C)	There is no impact to the availability of the system.

Base Score:4.0

Saeki Tominaga reported this vulnerability to IPA.
JPCERT/CC coordinated with the developer under Information Security Early Warning Partnership.