Published:2020/02/06  Last Updated:2020/02/06

JVN#94435544
Movable Type vulnerable to cross-site scripting

Overview

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

Products Affected

  • Movable Type 7 r.4603 and earlier (Movable Type 7)
  • Movable Type 6.5.2 and earlier (Movable Type 6.5)
  • Movable Type Advanced 7 r.4603 and earlier (Movable Type Advanced 7)
  • Movable Type Advanced 6.5.2 and earlier (Movable Type Advanced 6.5)
  • Movable Type Premium 1.26 and earlier (Movable Type Premium)
  • Movable Type Premium Advanced 1.26 and earlier (Movable Type Premium Advanced)

Description

Movable Type provided by Six Apart Ltd. contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability (CWE-79) in block editor and rich text editor.

Impact

An arbitrary script may be executed on the logged in user's web browser.

Solution

Update the Software
Update to the latest version according to the information provided by the developer.

Vendor Status

Vendor Status Last Update Vendor Notes
Six Apart Ltd. Vulnerable 2020/02/06 Six Apart Ltd. website

References

JPCERT/CC Addendum

Vulnerability Analysis by JPCERT/CC

CVSS v3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Base Score: 6.1
Attack Vector(AV) Physical (P) Local (L) Adjacent (A) Network (N)
Attack Complexity(AC) High (H) Low (L)
Privileges Required(PR) High (H) Low (L) None (N)
User Interaction(UI) Required (R) None (N)
Scope(S) Unchanged (U) Changed (C)
Confidentiality Impact(C) None (N) Low (L) High (H)
Integrity Impact(I) None (N) Low (L) High (H)
Availability Impact(A) None (N) Low (L) High (H)
CVSS v2 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Base Score: 2.6
Access Vector(AV) Local (L) Adjacent Network (A) Network (N)
Access Complexity(AC) High (H) Medium (M) Low (L)
Authentication(Au) Multiple (M) Single (S) None (N)
Confidentiality Impact(C) None (N) Partial (P) Complete (C)
Integrity Impact(I) None (N) Partial (P) Complete (C)
Availability Impact(A) None (N) Partial (P) Complete (C)

Credit

Six Apart Ltd. reported this vulnerability to JPCERT/CC to notify users of its solution through JVN. JPCERT/CC and Six Apart Ltd. coordinated under the Information Security Early Warning Partnership.

Other Information

JPCERT Alert
JPCERT Reports
CERT Advisory
CPNI Advisory
TRnotes
CVE CVE-2020-5528
JVN iPedia JVNDB-2020-000009