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Cross-site Scripting occurrences in Movable Type
Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Movable Type Movable Type 7 r.5301 and earlier (Movable Type 7 Series), Movable Type Advanced 7 r.5301 and earlier (Movable Type Advanced 7 Series), Movable Type 6.8.7 and earlier (Movable Type 6 Series), Movable Type Advanced 6.8.7 and earlier (Movable Type Advanced 6 Series), Movable Type Premium 1.53 and earlier, and Movable Type Premium Advanced 1.53 and earlier allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to inject an arbitrary script. (2022-12-07, CVE-2022-45122)
Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Movable Type Movable Type Premium 1.37 and earlier and Movable Type Premium Advanced 1.37 and earlier allows a remote authenticated attacker to inject an arbitrary script via unspecified vectors. (2021-10-26, CVE-2020-5669)
Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Create screens of Entry, Page, and Content Type of Movable Type (Movable Type 7 r.4903 and earlier (Movable Type 7 Series), Movable Type 6.8.0 and earlier (Movable Type 6 Series), Movable Type Advanced 7 r.4903 and earlier (Movable Type Advanced 7 Series), Movable Type Premium 1.44 and earlier, and Movable Type Premium Advanced 1.44 and earlier) allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary script or HTML via unspecified vectors. (2021-08-26, CVE-2021-20809)
Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Edit Boilerplate screen of Movable Type (Movable Type 7 r.4903 and earlier (Movable Type 7 Series), Movable Type 6.8.0 and earlier (Movable Type 6 Series), Movable Type Advanced 7 r.4903 and earlier (Movable Type Advanced 7 Series), Movable Type Premium 1.44 and earlier, and Movable Type Premium Advanced 1.44 and earlier) allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary script or HTML via unspecified vectors. (2021-08-26, CVE-2021-20815)
Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Edit screen of Content Data of Movable Type (Movable Type 7 r.4903 and earlier (Movable Type 7 Series) and Movable Type Advanced 7 r.4903 and earlier (Movable Type Advanced 7 Series)) allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary script or HTML via unspecified vectors. (2021-08-26, CVE-2021-20813)
Cross-site scripting vulnerability in List of Assets screen of Movable Type (Movable Type 7 r.4903 and earlier (Movable Type 7 Series), Movable Type 6.8.0 and earlier (Movable Type 6 Series), Movable Type Advanced 7 r.4903 and earlier (Movable Type Advanced 7 Series), Movable Type Premium 1.44 and earlier, and Movable Type Premium Advanced 1.44 and earlier) allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary script or HTML via unspecified vectors. (2021-08-26, CVE-2021-20811)
Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Search screen of Movable Type (Movable Type 7 r.4903 and earlier (Movable Type 7 Series), Movable Type 6.8.0 and earlier (Movable Type 6 Series), Movable Type Advanced 7 r.4903 and earlier (Movable Type Advanced 7 Series), Movable Type Premium 1.44 and earlier, and Movable Type Premium Advanced 1.44 and earlier) allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary script or HTML via unspecified vectors. (2021-08-26, CVE-2021-20808)
Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Setting screen of ContentType Information Widget Plugin of Movable Type (Movable Type 7 r.4903 and earlier (Movable Type 7 Series), Movable Type Advanced 7 r.4903 and earlier (Movable Type Advanced 7 Series), and Movable Type Premium 1.44 and earlier) allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary script or HTML via unspecified vectors. (2021-08-26, CVE-2021-20814)
Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Setting screen of Server Sync of Movable Type (Movable Type Advanced 7 r.4903 and earlier (Movable Type Advanced 7 Series) and Movable Type Premium Advanced 1.44 and earlier) allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary script or HTML via unspecified vectors. (2021-08-26, CVE-2021-20812)
Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Website Management screen of Movable Type (Movable Type 7 r.4903 and earlier (Movable Type 7 Series), Movable Type 6.8.0 and earlier (Movable Type 6 Series), Movable Type Advanced 7 r.4903 and earlier (Movable Type Advanced 7 Series), Movable Type Premium 1.44 and earlier, and Movable Type Premium Advanced 1.44 and earlier) allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary script or HTML via unspecified vectors. (2021-08-26, CVE-2021-20810)
Cross-site scripting vulnerability in in Add asset screen of Contents field of Movable Type 7 r.4705 and earlier (Movable Type 7 Series), Movable Type Advanced 7 r.4705 and earlier (Movable Type Advanced 7 Series), Movable Type Premium 1.39 and earlier, and Movable Type Premium Advanced 1.39 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject an arbitrary script via unspecified vectors. (2021-03-05, CVE-2021-20665)
Cross-site scripting vulnerability in in Asset registration screen of Movable Type 7 r.4705 and earlier (Movable Type 7 Series), Movable Type Advanced 7 r.4705 and earlier (Movable Type Advanced 7 Series), Movable Type 6.7.5 and earlier (Movable Type 6.7 Series), Movable Type Premium 1.39 and earlier, and Movable Type Premium Advanced 1.39 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject an arbitrary script via unspecified vectors. (2021-03-05, CVE-2021-20664)
Cross-site scripting vulnerability in in Role authority setting screen of Movable Type 7 r.4705 and earlier (Movable Type 7 Series), Movable Type Advanced 7 r.4705 and earlier (Movable Type Advanced 7 Series), Movable Type 6.7.5 and earlier (Movable Type 6.7 Series), Movable Type Premium 1.39 and earlier, and Movable Type Premium Advanced 1.39 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject an arbitrary script via unspecified vectors. (2021-03-05, CVE-2021-20663)
Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Movable Type series (Movable Type 7 r.4606 (7.2.1) and earlier (Movable Type 7), Movable Type Advanced 7 r.4606 (7.2.1) and earlier (Movable Type Advanced 7), Movable Type for AWS 7 r.4606 (7.2.1) and earlier (Movable Type for AWS 7), Movable Type 6.5.3 and earlier (Movable Type 6.5), Movable Type Advanced 6.5.3 and earlier (Movable Type Advanced 6.5), Movable Type 6.3.11 and earlier (Movable Type 6.3), Movable Type Advanced 6.3.11 and earlier (Movable Type 6.3), Movable Type Premium 1.29 and earlier, and Movable Type Premium Advanced 1.29 and earlier) allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary script or HTML via unspecified vectors. (2020-05-14, CVE-2020-5575)
Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Movable Type series (Movable Type 7 r.4603 and earlier (Movable Type 7), Movable Type 6.5.2 and earlier (Movable Type 6.5), Movable Type Advanced 7 r.4603 and earlier (Movable Type Advanced 7), Movable Type Advanced 6.5.2 and earlier (Movable Type Advanced 6.5), Movable Type Premium 1.26 and earlier (Movable Type Premium), and Movable Type Premium Advanced 1.26 and earlier (Movable Type Premium Advanced)) allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML in the block editor and the rich text editor via a specially crafted URL. (2020-02-06, CVE-2020-5528)
Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Movable Type versions prior to Ver. 6.3.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors. (2018-09-04, CVE-2018-0672)
Why Cross-site Scripting can be dangerous
Cross site scripting is an attack where a web page executes code that is injected by an adversary. It usually appears, when users input is presented. This attack can be used to impersonate a user, take over control of the session, or even steal API keys.
The attack can be executed e.g. when you application injects the request parameter directly into the HTML code of the page returned to the user:
https://server.com/confirmation?message=Transaction+Complete
what results in:
<span>Confirmation: Transaction Complete</span>
In that case the message can be modified to become a valid Javascript code, e.g.:
https://server.com/confirmation?message=<script>dangerous javascript code here</script>
and it will be executed locally by the user's browser with full access to the user's personal application/browser data:
<span>Confirmation: <script>dangerous javascript code here</script></span>