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CVE-2008-5845

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Six Apart Movable Type (MT) before 4.23 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a (1) MTEntryAuthorUsername, (2) MTAuthorDisplayName, (3) MTEntryAuthorDisplayName, or (4) MTCommenterName field in a Profile View template; a (5) listing screen or (6) edit screen in the CMS app; (7) a TrackBack title, related to the HTML sanitization library; or (8) a user archive name (aka archive title) on a published Community Blog template.

Published

2009-01-05T20:30:02.327

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.3 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: MEDIUM
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact: NONE
Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-79
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application sixapart movable_type ≤ 4.21 Yes
Application sixapart movable_type 3.0d Yes
Application sixapart movable_type 3.1 Yes
Application sixapart movable_type 3.01d Yes
Application sixapart movable_type 3.2 Yes
Application sixapart movable_type 3.3 Yes
Application sixapart movable_type 3.11 Yes
Application sixapart movable_type 3.12 Yes
Application sixapart movable_type 3.14 Yes
Application sixapart movable_type 3.15 Yes
Application sixapart movable_type 3.16 Yes
Application sixapart movable_type 3.17 Yes
Application sixapart movable_type 3.32 Yes
Application sixapart movable_type 3.33 Yes
Application sixapart movable_type 3.34 Yes
Application sixapart movable_type 3.35 Yes
Application sixapart movable_type 4.2 Yes
References