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Movable Type Unspecified Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA32935
Release Date: 2008-12-03
Last Update: 2009-01-06
Popularity: 715 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Cross Site Scripting
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:Movable Type 3.x
Movable Type 4.x
Movable Type Enterprise 1.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2008-5808


Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Movable Type, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.

Input passed to an unspecified parameter is not properly sanitised before being returned to the user. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in the context of an affected site.

This vulnerability is reported in the following versions. Other versions may also be affected.
- Movable Type 4
- Movable Type 4 Enterprise
- Movable Type 4 Community Edition
- Movable Type 4 (Open Source)
- Movable Type 3
- Movable Type Enterprise 1.5

Solution:
Update to the latest version.

Movable Type 4.23 (Open Source)
Movable Type 4.23 (Professional Pack Community Pack included)
Movable Type Commercial 4.23 (Professional Pack included)
Movable Type Enterprise 4.23
Movable Type 3.38
Movable Type Enterprise 1.56

Provided and/or discovered by:
JVN credits Mr. Yousuke Hasegawa, Net Agent Co. Ltd.

Changelog:
2009-01-06: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
JVN:
http://jvn.jp/jp/JVN02216739/index.html

Movable Type:
http://www.movabletype.jp/blog/_movable_type_423.html


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