National Cyber Awareness System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2013-0209
Original release date:01/23/2013
Last revised:01/29/2013
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
lib/MT/Upgrade.pm in mt-upgrade.cgi in Movable Type 4.2x and 4.3x through 4.38 does not require authentication for requests to database-migration functions, which allows remote attackers to conduct eval injection and SQL injection attacks via crafted parameters, as demonstrated by an eval injection attack against the core_drop_meta_for_table function, leading to execution of arbitrary Perl code.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
6.4
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service
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External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.movabletype.org/2013/01/movable_type_438_patch.html
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.sec-1.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/movabletype_upgrade_exec.rb_.txt
External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.sec-1.com/blog/?p=402
External Source: MLIST
Name: [oss-security] 20130121 Re: CVE request for Movable Type
