CVE-2013-0209

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 45.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2013-01-23 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-287

Description

lib/MT/Upgrade.pm in mt-upgrade.cgi in Movable Type 4.2x and 4.3x through 4.38 does not require authentication for requests to database-migration functions, which allows remote attackers to conduct eval injection and SQL injection attacks via crafted parameters, as demonstrated by an eval injection attack against the core_drop_meta_for_table function, leading to execution of arbitrary Perl code.

Affected products

Six Apart Ltd. Movable Type: 4.21, 4.22, 4.23, 4.24, 4.25, 4.26 (+15)

References

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/22/3
http://www.movabletype.org/2013/01/movable_type_438_patch.html
http://www.sec-1.com/blog/?p=402
http://www.sec-1.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/movabletype_upgrade_exec.rb_.txt
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/22/3
http://www.movabletype.org/2013/01/movable_type_438_patch.html
http://www.sec-1.com/blog/?p=402
http://www.sec-1.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/movabletype_upgrade_exec.rb_.txt

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