Description
A code injection vulnerability exists in the upgrade script of Movable Type, which may allow an unauthenticated attacker to execute an arbitrary Perl script or an SQL query on the affected product.
Published: 2026-10-07
Score: 9.3 Critical
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:15:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Six Apart
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Six Apart movable Type Premium Cloud Edition
Vendors & Products Six Apart
Six Apart movable Type
Six Apart movable Type Cloud Edition
Six Apart movable Type Premium
Six Apart movable Type Premium Cloud Edition

Wed, 07 Oct 2026 19:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Title Unauthenticated Code Injection via Upgrade Script in Movable Type

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Description A code injection vulnerability exists in the upgrade script of Movable Type, which may allow an unauthenticated attacker to execute an arbitrary Perl script or an SQL query on the affected product.
Weaknesses CWE-94
References
Metrics cvssV3_0

{'score': 9.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 9.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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Six Apart Movable Type Movable Type Cloud Edition Movable Type Premium Movable Type Premium Cloud Edition
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: jpcert

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-07T17:47:24.024Z

Reserved: 2026-10-02T04:23:48.464Z

Link: CVE-2026-96408

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-07T17:47:18.495Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-10-07T11:17:20.620

Modified: 2026-10-07T18:17:32.210

Link: CVE-2026-96408

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-09T08:16:20Z

Weaknesses