Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Rich Text Editor in Movable Type 5.0x, 5.1x before 5.161, 5.2.x before 5.2.9, and 6.0.x before 6.0.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.
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 7 | movabletype-opensource | 5.1.4+dfsg-4+deb7u1 | DSA-2841-1 |
| Debian 6.0 | movabletype-opensource | 4.3.8+dfsg-0+squeeze4 | DSA-2841-1 |
Advisories 1
- DSA-2841-1 movabletype-opensource - cross-site scripting Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
References
- 1029588 vdb-entry
- http://movabletype.org/news/2013/11/movable_type_601_529_and_5161_released_to_close_security_vul.html
- 56405 third-party-advisory
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=734304
- 56295 third-party-advisory
- DSA-2841 vendor-advisory
- movabletype-richtexteditor-xss(90095) vdb-entry
- [oss-security] 20140106 CVE Request: cross-site scripting vulnerabilities in movable type 6.0.1, 5.2.9, and 5.161 mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20140107 Re: CVE Request: cross-site scripting vulnerabilities in movable type 6.0.1, 5.2.9, and 5.161 mailing-list
- 64657 vdb-entry