Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 5, 2009· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2008-5845
CVE-2008-5845
Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Six Apart Movable Type (MT) before 4.23 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a (1) MTEntryAuthorUsername, (2) MTAuthorDisplayName, (3) MTEntryAuthorDisplayName, or (4) MTCommenterName field in a Profile View template; a (5) listing screen or (6) edit screen in the CMS app; (7) a TrackBack title, related to the HTML sanitization library; or (8) a user archive name (aka archive title) on a published Community Blog template.
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19cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 17 more
- cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=4.21
- cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:3.01d:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:3.0d:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:3.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:3.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:3.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:3.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:3.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:3.32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:3.33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:3.34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:3.35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <4.23
- Range: <4.23
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