# Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Movable Type series allows a remote authenticated attacker to inject an arbitrary script.

CVE record · `CVE-2023-45746`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2023-45746`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 5.4 Medium
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** jpcert
- **Technologies:** [Six Apart Ltd. Movable Type 7 (Movable Type 7 Series)](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/six-apart-ltd-movable-type-7-movable-type-7-series.md) · [Six Apart Ltd. Movable Type Advanced 7 (Movable Type 7 Series)](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/six-apart-ltd-movable-type-advanced-7-movable-type-7-series.md) · [Six Apart Ltd. Movable Type Premium](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/six-apart-ltd-movable-type-premium.md) · [Six Apart Ltd. Movable Type Premium Advanced](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/six-apart-ltd-movable-type-premium-advanced.md) · [Six Apart Ltd. Movable Type Cloud Edition (Version 7)](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/six-apart-ltd-movable-type-cloud-edition-version-7.md) · [Six Apart Ltd. Movable Type Premium Cloud Edition](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/six-apart-ltd-movable-type-premium-cloud-edition.md)
- **Published:** 30 Oct 2023
- **Updated:** 29 Oct 2024
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: jpcert) at 30 Oct 2023, 04:57 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Six Apart Ltd.. Product: Movable Type 7 (Movable Type 7 Series).
  - affected: `r.5405 and earlier`
- Vendor: Six Apart Ltd.. Product: Movable Type Advanced 7 (Movable Type 7 Series).
  - affected: `r.5405 and earlier`
- Vendor: Six Apart Ltd.. Product: Movable Type Premium.
  - affected: `1.58 and earlier`
- Vendor: Six Apart Ltd.. Product: Movable Type Premium Advanced.
  - affected: `1.58 and earlier`
- Vendor: Six Apart Ltd.. Product: Movable Type Cloud Edition (Version 7).
  - affected: `r.5405 and earlier`
- Vendor: Six Apart Ltd.. Product: Movable Type Premium Cloud Edition.
  - affected: `1.58 and earlier`

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

- 5.4 Medium, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`, from ADP (CISA-ADP)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0044, the 38th percentile, on 6 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 30 Oct 2023. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2023-45746](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-45746)
- [NVD: CVE-2023-45746](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-45746)

### References from the CNA

- <https://movabletype.org/news/2023/10/mt-79020-released.html>
- <https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN39139884/>

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

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