CVE-2012-1262
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 1.8%EU EUVD
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in cgi-bin/mt/mt-wizard.cgi in Movable Type before 4.38, 5.0x before 5.07, and 5.1x before 5.13, when the product is incompletely installed, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the dbuser parameter, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-0318.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-79
- EPSS score
- 1.8% (79th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-1288)
- Published
- March 3, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-1288 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- movabletype / movable type advanced
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References
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN49836527/index.html
- http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2012-000016
- http://osvdb.org/79470
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/110203/Movable-Type-Publishing-Platform-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Feb/407
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2423
- http://www.movabletype.org/2012/02/movable_type_513_507_and_438_security_updates.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.movabletype.org/documentation/appendices/release-notes/513.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52138
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026738
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73411
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73480
- https://www.trustwave.com/spiderlabs/advisories/TWSL2012-003.txt(Exploit)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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