CVE-2016-5742 describes a critical SQL injection vulnerability within the XML-RPC interface of Movable Type Pro, Advanced, and Open Source versions. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands, potentially leading to full compromise of the affected systems. Despite its critical severity (CVSS 9.8) and high FAUCET Risk Score, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:6.0:*:*:*:advanced:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:6.0:*:*:*:pro:*:*:* | ||
6.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:6.0.1:*:*:*:advanced:*:*:* | ||
6.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:6.0.1:*:*:*:pro:*:*:* | ||
6.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:6.0.2:*:*:*:advanced:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.