Six Apart Movable Type up to 3.1 cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Six Apart Movable Type up to 3.1. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Such manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2005-3103. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Six Apart Movable Type up to 3.1 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-80. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Movable Type before 3.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) title, (2) category, (3) body, (4) extended body, and (5) excerpt form fields in new blog entries.

The bug was discovered 09/22/2005. The weakness was released 09/28/2005 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at secunia.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-3103 since 09/28/2005. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 19776 (Movable Type < 3.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses and running in the context r.

Upgrading to version 3.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (22370), Tenable (19776), SecurityFocus (BID 14910†), OSVDB (19603†) and Secunia (SA16899†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-26457, VDB-26455, VDB-26454 and VDB-28008. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Nessus ID: 19776
Nessus Name: Movable Type < 3.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Movable Type 3.2

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: secunia.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-3103 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-3103
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-26456
X-Force: 22370
SecurityFocus: 14910
Secunia: 16899 - Movable Type Multiple Weaknesses and Vulnerabilities, Less Critical
OSVDB: 19603 - Movable Type - Multiple Unspecified HTML Injection Issues
Vulnerability Center: 13249 - Movable Type XSS in New Blog Entries, Medium

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Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 07/06/2021 08:29
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (67), 07/11/2019 16:11 (4), 07/06/2021 08:29 (4)
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