CVE-2008-4079

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Movable Type (MT) 4.x through 4.20, and 3.36 and earlier; Movable Type Enterprise 4.x through 4.20, and 1.54 and earlier; and Movable Type Community Solution allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2008-09-15 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-4079 is rated Low Risk (38.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.05%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-4079

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.29% 1.05% +0.77%
2 2025-03-17 0.22% 0.29% +0.07%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.22% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-4079

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-4079

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-4079

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu low CVE-2008-4079 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (movabletype-opensource), 8 status rows across 8 suites (dapper, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, upstream): DNE 4, not-affected 2, ignored 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-4079

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-4079

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
six_apart movable_type <= 1.54 cpe:2.3:a:six_apart:movable_type:*:unknown:enterprise:*:*:*:*:*
six_apart movable_type 3.36 cpe:2.3:a:six_apart:movable_type:3.36:unknown:enterprise:*:*:*:*:*
six_apart movable_type 4 cpe:2.3:a:six_apart:movable_type:4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
six_apart movable_type 4 cpe:2.3:a:six_apart:movable_type:4:unknown:enterprise:*:*:*:*:*
six_apart movable_type 4.20 cpe:2.3:a:six_apart:movable_type:4.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
six_apart movable_type 4.20 cpe:2.3:a:six_apart:movable_type:4.20:unknown:enterprise:*:*:*:*:*
six_apart movable_type unknown cpe:2.3:a:six_apart:movable_type:unknown:unknown:community_solution:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-4079

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