CVE-2025-53522

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.9 v4.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-08-20 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-348

Description

Movable Type contains an issue with use of less trusted source. If exploited, tampered email to reset a password may be sent by a remote unauthenticated attacker.

Affected products

Six Apart Ltd. Movable Type Advanced (Software Edition): from 8.0.0 through 8.0.6; from 8.4.0 through 8.4.2 (8 series); 7 r.5508 and earlier (7 series)
Six Apart Ltd. Movable Type (Cloud Edition): 8.6.0 (8 series), 7 r.5508 (7 series)
Six Apart Ltd. Movable Type Premium (Advanced Edition) (Software Edition): 2.09 and earlier (2 series), 1.66 and earlier (1 series)
Six Apart Ltd. Movable Type Premium (Cloud Edition): 2.09 (2 series), 1.66 (1 series)
Six Apart Ltd. Movable Type Premium (Software Edition): 2.09 and earlier (2 series), 1.66 and earlier (1 series)
Six Apart Ltd. Movable Type (Software Edition): from 8.0.0 through 8.0.6; from 8.4.0 through 8.4.2 (8 series); 7 r.5508 and earlier (7 series)

References

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