CVE-2012-1262

N/A Unknown
Published: March 03, 2012 Modified: April 29, 2026
View on NVD

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN49836527/index.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2012-000016
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://osvdb.org/79470
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/110203/Movable-Type-Publishing-Platform-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Feb/407
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2423
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.movabletype.org/2012/02/movable_type_513_507_and_438_security_updates.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.movabletype.org/documentation/appendices/release-notes/513.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52138
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026738
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73411
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73480
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://www.trustwave.com/spiderlabs/advisories/TWSL2012-003.txt
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN49836527/index.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2012-000016
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://osvdb.org/79470
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/110203/Movable-Type-Publishing-Platform-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Feb/407
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2423
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.movabletype.org/2012/02/movable_type_513_507_and_438_security_updates.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.movabletype.org/documentation/appendices/release-notes/513.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52138
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026738
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73411
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73480
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://www.trustwave.com/spiderlabs/advisories/TWSL2012-003.txt
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit

26 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
1.9%
77th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-79

Affected Vendors

movabletype

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