Path Traversal in Movabletype Movable Type Advanced
CVE-2012-1497
The default configuration of Movable Type before 4.38, 5.0x before 5.07, and 5.1x before 5.13 supports the "mt:Include file=" attribute, which allows remote authenticated users to conduct directory traversal attacks and read arbitrary files by leveraging the template-designer role.
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.018 (78.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 78th percentile — 78.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.018 · newest: 0.018 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Movabletype Movable Type Advanced — versions 4.0, 4.1, 4.01
- Movabletype Movable Type Enterprise — versions 4.0, 4.1, 4.01
- Movabletype Movable Type Open Source — versions 4.0, 4.1, 4.01
- Movabletype Movable Type Pro — versions 4.0, 4.1, 4.01
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.movabletype.org/2012/02/movable_type_513_507_and_438_security_updates.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2423 (vendor-advisory)
- www.movabletype.org/documentation/appendices/release-notes/513.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)