Six Apart Movable Type Edit ContentData Page cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Six Apart Movable Type, Movable Type Advanced and Movable Type Premium. It has been classified as problematic. This impacts an unknown function of the component Edit ContentData Page. This manipulation causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2025-54856. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Six Apart Movable Type, Movable Type Advanced and Movable Type Premium (unknown version). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component Edit ContentData Page. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Movable Type contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in Edit ContentData page. If crafted input is stored by an attacker with "ContentType Management" privilege, an arbitrary script may be executed on the web browser of the user who accesses Edit ContentData page.

It is possible to read the advisory at movabletype.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-54856 since 10/16/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation requires an enhanced level of successful authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at CNNVD (CNNVD-202510-3276). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Timelineinfo

10/16/2025 CVE reserved
10/23/2025 +7 days Advisory disclosed
10/23/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
10/26/2025 +3 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: movabletype.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-54856 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-54856
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-329635
CNNVD: CNNVD-202510-3276 - Six Apart Movable Type 跨站脚本漏洞

Entryinfo

Created: 10/23/2025 06:44
Updated: 10/26/2025 14:56
Changes: 10/23/2025 06:44 (73), 10/25/2025 04:26 (6), 10/25/2025 18:03 (1), 10/26/2025 14:56 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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