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CVE-2012-1497

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-1497 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in Movable Type versions prior to 4.38, 5.07, and 5.13. Authenticated attackers with template-designer privileges can exploit the "mt:Include file=" attribute to read arbitrary files. With a CVSS score of 4.0, this vulnerability has a low severity, requiring authentication and network access to achieve partial confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
8.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.85%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0185 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 21,939 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

debian.org / security/2012/dsa-2423
movabletype.org / 2012/02/movable_type_513_507_and_438_security_updates.html
PatchVendor Advisory
movabletype.org / documentation/appendices/release-notes/513.html
PatchVendor Advisory