Secunia Security Advisory - Two vulnerabilities have been reported in Movable Type, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose potentially sensitive information, conduct cross-site scripting attacks, and manipulate certain data.
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TITLE:
Movable Type Two Vulnerabilities
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA44715
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RELEASE DATE:
2011-05-26
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DESCRIPTION:
Two vulnerabilities have been reported in Movable Type, which can be
exploited by malicious people to disclose potentially sensitive
information, conduct cross-site scripting attacks, and manipulate
certain data.
1) Certain unspecified input not properly sanitised before being
returned to the user. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML
and script code in a user's browser session in context of an affected
site.
2) An unspecified error exists in the application, which can be
exploited to disclose and modify content. No further information is
currently available.
SOLUTION:
Update to fixed version. Please see vendor's advisory for details.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits Alfasado, Eldar Marcussen, and other, unnamed
reporters.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.movabletype.org/documentation/appendices/release-notes/movable-type-505-and-436-release-notes.html
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EXPLOIT:
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