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CVE-2021-20837

Published: Oct 26, 2021Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-78
9.8CRITICAL
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
88.1%
Top 0.2%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
2 Known
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
Nuclei · OpenVAS

Description

Movable Type 7 r.5002 and earlier (Movable Type 7 Series), Movable Type 6.8.2 and earlier (Movable Type 6 Series), Movable Type Advanced 7 r.5002 and earlier (Movable Type Advanced 7 Series), Movable Type Advanced 6.8.2 and earlier (Movable Type Advanced 6 Series), Movable Type Premium 1.46 and earlier, and Movable Type Premium Advanced 1.46 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via unspecified vectors. Note that all versions of Movable Type 4.0 or later including unsupported (End-of-Life, EOL) versions are also affected by this vulnerability.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-78

Affected Products

Six Apart Ltd.
commercial·USaka movable type advanced, movable type, movable type cloud edition
Movable TypeOn-premWeb App
Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core
sixapart
commercialaka movable type, movabletype, six apart
movable typeOn-prem
Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core

Exploitability

2 exploit sources identified

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MITRE ATT&CK

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References

https://movabletype.org/news/2021/10/mt-782-683-released.html
movabletype.org
https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN41119755/index.html
jvn.jp
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164705/Movable-Type-7-r.5002-XMLRPC-API-Remote-Command-Injection.html
packetstormsecurity.com
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