CVE-2016-5742

critical
Published 2017-01-23 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
7.5
VIR risk
9.8

Description

SQL injection vulnerability in the XML-RPC interface in Movable Type Pro and Advanced 6.x before 6.1.3 and 6.2.x before 6.2.6 and Movable Type Open Source 5.2.13 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via unspecified vectors.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://movabletype.org/news/2016/06/movable_type_626_and_613_released.html

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
sixapartmovable_type6.0
sixapartmovable_type6.0.1
sixapartmovable_type6.0.2
sixapartmovable_type6.0.3
sixapartmovable_type6.0.4
sixapartmovable_type6.0.5
sixapartmovable_type6.0.6
sixapartmovable_type6.0.7
sixapartmovable_type6.0.8
sixapartmovable_type6.1.0
sixapartmovable_type6.1.1
sixapartmovable_type6.1.2
sixapartmovable_type6.2.0
sixapartmovable_type6.2.2
sixapartmovable_type6.2.4
sixapartmovable_type_open_source{"endIncluding":"5.2.13"}

References

CWEs

CWE-89

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.