CVE-2012-1262

Public Exploit

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.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.85% Top 30%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory movabletype.org Vendor Advisory movabletype.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/110203/Movable-Type-Publishing-Platform-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Feb/407 mailing list
http://www.movabletype.org/2012/02/movable_type_513_507_and_438_security_updates.html patch vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52138 vdb entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2423 vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026738 vdb entry
https://www.trustwave.com/spiderlabs/advisories/TWSL2012-003.txt exploit
http://www.movabletype.org/documentation/appendices/release-notes/513.html patch vendor advisory
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2012-000016 third party advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73480 vdb entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73411 vdb entry
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN49836527/index.html third party advisory
http://osvdb.org/79470 vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2012-1262?
CVE-2012-1262 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2012-1262?
To fix CVE-2012-1262, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2012-1262 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2012-1262 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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