Vulnerability in Sixapart Movable Type
CVE-2015-1592
Movable Type Pro, Open Source, and Advanced before 5.2.12 and Pro and Advanced 6.0.x before 6.0.7 does not properly use the Perl Storable::thaw function, which allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local Perl files and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.748 (99.5th percentile), scored .
High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 100th percentile — 99.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.754 · newest: 0.748 · change: -0.006
Affected products
- Sixapart Movable Type
- Debian Linux — versions 7.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3183 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1031777 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/12/2 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100912 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- movabletype.org/news/2015/02/movable_type_607_and_5212_released_to_close_securi… (Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/72606 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/12/17 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-1592?
- CVE-2015-1592 is a vulnerability in Sixapart Movable Type, classified under Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component (Injection). Published 2015-02-19.
- Is CVE-2015-1592 known to be exploited?
- 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.