Sixapart Movable Type 5.13 cross site scripting

HistoryDiffrelatejsonxmlCTI

CVSS Meta Temp Score CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.	Current Exploit Price (≈) Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.	CTI Interest Score Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
4.3	$0-$5k	0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Sixapart Movable Type 5.13. The impacted element is an unknown function. The manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2012-1503. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Sixapart Movable Type 5.13. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on integrity. CVE summarizes:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Six Apart (formerly Six Apart KK) Movable Type (MT) Pro 5.13 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the comment section.

The weakness was published 08/29/2014 (Website). The advisory is available at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2012-1503 since 03/07/2012. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

A public exploit has been developed by sqlhacker and been published even before and not after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 676 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

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 databases at X-Force (79521), Exploit-DB (22151), SecurityFocus (BID 56160†) and OSVDB (86729†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Productinfo

Vendor

Sixapart

Name

Movable Type

Version

5.13

License

open-source

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.3

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.3
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2info

AV	AC	Au	C	I	A
💳	💳	💳	💳	💳	💳
💳	💳	💳	💳	💳	💳
💳	💳	💳	💳	💳	💳

Vector	Complexity	Authentication	Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock
Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock
Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
Author: sqlhacker
Download: 🔍

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-Day	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock
Today	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock

Exploit-DB: 🔍

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Timelineinfo

03/07/2012 🔍
10/17/2012 +224 days 🔍
10/22/2012 +5 days 🔍
10/22/2012 +0 days 🔍
08/29/2014 +676 days 🔍
08/29/2014 +0 days 🔍
03/26/2015 +209 days 🔍
01/26/2025 +3594 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2012-1503 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-1503
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-70770
X-Force: 79521 - Movable Type Mt5.13en installation cross-site scripting
SecurityFocus: 56160 - Movable Type CVE-2012-1503 HTML Injection Vulnerability
OSVDB: 86729

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 03/26/2015 12:07
Updated: 01/26/2025 21:19
Changes: 03/26/2015 12:07 (58), 03/06/2018 09:46 (3), 01/26/2025 21:19 (16)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.