Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in cgi-bin/mt/mt-wizard.cgi in Movable Type before 4.38, 5.0x before 5.07, and 5.1x before 5.13, when the product is incompletely installed, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the dbuser parameter, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-0318.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 6.0 | movabletype-opensource | 4.3.8+dfsg-0+squeeze2 | DSA-2423-1 |
Advisories 1
- DSA-2423-1 movabletype-opensource - several Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/110203/Movable-Type-Publishing-Platform-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
- 20120224 TWSL2012-003: Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Movable Type Publishing Platform mailing-list
- http://www.movabletype.org/2012/02/movable_type_513_507_and_438_security_updates.html
- 52138 vdb-entry
- DSA-2423 vendor-advisory
- 1026738 vdb-entry
- https://www.trustwave.com/spiderlabs/advisories/TWSL2012-003.txt
- http://www.movabletype.org/documentation/appendices/release-notes/513.html
- JVNDB-2012-000016 third-party-advisory
- movable-type-publishing-mtwizard-xss(73480) vdb-entry
- movable-type-mtwizard-xss(73411) vdb-entry
- JVN#49836527 third-party-advisory
- 79470 vdb-entry