CVE-2012-1262 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Movable Type versions prior to 4.38, 5.07, and 5.13, specifically within the mt-wizard.cgi component during an incomplete installation. This flaw allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the dbuser parameter. With a CVSS score of 4.3, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring medium attack complexity and impacting integrity (I:P) without affecting confidentiality or availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.37CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:movabletype:movable_type_open_source:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:movabletype:movable_type_open_source:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:movabletype:movable_type_open_source:4.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:movabletype:movable_type_open_source:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:movabletype:movable_type_open_source:4.1:beta:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.