CVE-2022-38078
Published: 24 August 2022
Movable Type XMLRPC API provided by Six Apart Ltd. contains a command injection vulnerability. Sending a specially crafted message by POST method to Movable Type XMLRPC API may allow arbitrary Perl script execution, and an arbitrary OS command may be executed through it. Affected products and versions are as follows: Movable Type 7 r.5202 and earlier, Movable Type Advanced 7 r.5202 and earlier, Movable Type 6.8.6 and earlier, Movable Type Advanced 6.8.6 and earlier, Movable Type Premium 1.52 and earlier, and Movable Type Premium Advanced 1.52 and earlier. Note that all versions of Movable Type 4.0 or later including unsupported (End-of-Life, EOL) versions are also affected by this vulnerability.
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| rodrigo-zaiden | Movable Type was part of trusty and it is not included in Ubuntu since xenial. |
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
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movabletype-opensource Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Does not exist
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| focal |
Does not exist
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| jammy |
Does not exist
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| trusty |
Ignored
(end of standard support)
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| upstream |
Needs triage
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| xenial |
Ignored
(end of standard support)
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Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 9.8 |
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity impact | High |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |