CVE-2005-4690

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Six Apart Movable Type 3.16 allows local users with blog-creation privileges to create or overwrite arbitrary files of certain types (such as HTML and image files) by selecting an arbitrary directory as a blog's top-level directory. NOTE: this issue can be used in conjunction with CVE-2005-3102 to create or overwrite arbitrary files of all types.

Affected products

Six Apart Movable Type: 3.16

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-11/0091.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/16899
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15302
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-11/0091.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/16899
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15302

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