CVE-2025-53522 (GCVE-0-2025-53522)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-08-20 04:22
Modified
2025-08-20 16:00
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
6.9 (Medium) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CWE
  • CWE-348 - Use of less trusted source
Summary
Movable Type contains an issue with use of less trusted source. If exploited, tampered email to reset a password may be sent by a remote unauthenticated attacker.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Six Apart Ltd. Movable Type (Software Edition) Version: 8.0.0 to 8.0.6
Version: 8.4.0 to 8.4.2 (8 series)
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