Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in cgi-bin/mt/mt-wizard.cgi in Movable Type before 4.38, 5.0x before 5.07, and 5.1x before 5.13, when the product is incompletely installed, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the dbuser parameter, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-0318
Published Mar 3, 2012
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.90%
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in cgi-bin/mt/mt-wizard.cgi in Movable Type before 4.38, 5.0x before 5.07, and 5.1x before 5.13, when the product is incompletely installed, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the dbuser parameter, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-0318.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- ≤ 4.37
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.1
- 4.1
- 4.01
- 4.2
- 4.2
- 4.3
- 4.23
- 4.25
- 4.26
- 4.31
- 4.32
- 4.33
- 4.34
- 4.35
- 4.36
- 4.261
- 4.361
- 5.1
- 5.02
- 5.03
- 5.04
- 5.05
- 5.06
- 5.11
- 5.12
- 5.031
- 5.051
Configuration 2
- ≤ 4.37
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.1
- 4.01
- 4.1
- 4.2
- 4.2
- 4.3
- 4.23
- 4.25
- 4.26
- 4.31
- 4.32
- 4.33
- 4.34
- 4.35
- 4.36
- 4.261
- 4.361
- 5.1
- 5.02
- 5.03
- 5.04
- 5.05
- 5.06
- 5.11
- 5.12
- 5.031
- 5.051
Configuration 3
- ≤ 4.37
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.1
- 4.01
- 4.1
- 4.2
- 4.2
- 4.3
- 4.23
- 4.25
- 4.26
- 4.31
- 4.32
- 4.33
- 4.34
- 4.35
- 4.36
- 4.261
- 4.361
- 5.1
- 5.02
- 5.03
- 5.04
- 5.05
- 5.06
- 5.11
- 5.12
- 5.031
- 5.051
Configuration 4
- ≤ 4.37
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.1
- 4.1
- 4.01
- 4.2
- 4.2
- 4.3
- 4.23
- 4.25
- 4.26
- 4.31
- 4.32
- 4.33
- 4.34
- 4.35
- 4.36
- 4.261
- 4.361
- 5.1
- 5.02
- 5.03
- 5.04
- 5.05
- 5.06
- 5.11
- 5.12
- 5.031
- 5.051
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.90% (0.01903) | 78.96th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.92% (0.01924) | 77.22th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.85% (0.00849) | 73.25th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.50% (0.00501) | 77.13th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.50% (0.00501) | 75.65th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.50% (0.00501) | 72.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.41% (0.03407) | 84.65th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.41% (0.03407) | 83.10th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.41% (0.03407) | 66.20th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (13)
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN49836527/index.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVN
- http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2012-000016 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVNDB
- http://osvdb.org/79470 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/110203/Movable-Type-Publishing-Platform-Cross-Site-Scripting.html x_refsource_MISC
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Feb/407 mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2423 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.movabletype.org/2012/02/movable_type_513_507_and_438_security_updates.html x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.movabletype.org/documentation/appendices/release-notes/513.html x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52138 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026738 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73411 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73480 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://www.trustwave.com/spiderlabs/advisories/TWSL2012-003.txt x_refsource_MISCExploit
Change history (0)
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