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title: "CVE-2008-5845\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2008-5845

Publication date 5 January 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## 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.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| movabletype-opensource | 9.10 karmic | Not affected |
| 9.04 jaunty | Not affected |
| 8.10 intrepid | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |
| 7.10 gutsy | Not in release |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5845)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5845)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2008-5845)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5845)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5845>