CVE-2008-5845 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2008-5845

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Six Apart Movable Type...

Vulnerability Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Six Apart Movable Type (MT) before 4.23 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a (1) MTEntryAuthorUsername, (2) MTAuthorDisplayName, (3) MTEntryAuthorDisplayName, or (4) MTCommenterName field in a Profile View template; a (5) listing screen or (6) edit screen in the CMS app; (7) a TrackBack title, related to the HTML sanitization library; or (8) a user archive name (aka archive title) on a published Community Blog template.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

movable type
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 3.0d, 3.1, 3.01d, 3.2, 3.3, 3.11, 3.12, 3.14, 3.15, 3.16, 3.17, 3.32, 3.33, 3.34, 3.35, 4.2

Timeline

Official Publish: January 5th, 2009
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.