CVE-2009-2480

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in mt-wizard.cgi in Six Apart Movable Type 4.24, and 4.25 when global templates are not initialized, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2009-07-16 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-2480 is rated Low Risk (39.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.52%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-2480

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 2025-03-30 0.58% 0.52% -0.07%
2 2025-03-29 0.52% 0.58% +0.07%
3 2025-03-17 0.52%

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-2480

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-2009-2480

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-2480

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
movabletype six_apart_movable_type 4.24 cpe:2.3:a:movabletype:six_apart_movable_type:4.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
movabletype six_apart_movable_type 4.25 cpe:2.3:a:movabletype:six_apart_movable_type:4.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-2480

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