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CVE-2012-1497

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2012-03-03 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

The default configuration of Movable Type before 4.38, 5.0x before 5.07, and 5.1x before 5.13 supports the "mt:Include file=" attribute, which allows remote authenticated users to conduct directory traversal attacks and read arbitrary files by leveraging the template-designer role.

Affected products

• Movabletype Movable Type Advanced: through 4.37; 4.0, 4.0-beta, 4.1, 4.01-beta, 4.1-beta, 4.2 (+23)
• Movabletype Movable Type Enterprise: through 4.37; 4.0, 4.0-beta, 4.1, 4.01-beta, 4.1-beta, 4.2 (+23)
• Movabletype Movable Type Open Source: through 4.37; 4.0, 4.0-beta, 4.1, 4.1-beta, 4.01-beta, 4.2 (+23)
• Movabletype Movable Type Pro: through 4.37; 4.0, 4.0-beta, 4.1, 4.1-beta, 4.01-beta, 4.2 (+23)

References

• http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2423
• http://www.movabletype.org/2012/02/movable_type_513_507_and_438_security_updates.html
• http://www.movabletype.org/documentation/appendices/release-notes/513.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2423
• http://www.movabletype.org/2012/02/movable_type_513_507_and_438_security_updates.html
• http://www.movabletype.org/documentation/appendices/release-notes/513.html

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