CVE-2013-0209

Exp

lib/MT/Upgrade.pm in mt-upgrade.cgi in Movable Type 4.2x and 4.3x through 4.38 does not require authentication for requests to database-migration functions, which allows remote attackers to conduct eval injection and SQL injection attacks via crafted parameters, as demonstrated by an eval injection attack against the core_drop_meta_for_table function, leading to execution of arbitrary Perl code.

Published: 2013-01-23 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2013-0209 is rated High Exploit Risk (78.6/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 80.63%, 99th percentile). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2013-0209

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
24321 exploit_db edb 2013-01-07 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-0209

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 81.73% 80.63% -1.10%
2 2025-03-29 80.63% 81.73% +1.10%
3 2025-03-17 — 80.63% —

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-0209

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-0209

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-0209

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu high CVE-2013-0209 high priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (movabletype-opensource), 15 status rows across 15 suites (hardy, lucid, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 7, not-affected 4, ignored 3, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-0209

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-0209

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sixapart movable_type 4.21 cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:4.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sixapart movable_type 4.22 cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:4.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sixapart movable_type 4.23 cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:4.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sixapart movable_type 4.24 cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:4.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sixapart movable_type 4.25 cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:4.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sixapart movable_type 4.26 cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:4.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sixapart movable_type 4.27 cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:4.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sixapart movable_type 4.28 cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:4.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sixapart movable_type 4.28 cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:4.28:*:enterprise:*:*:*:*:*
sixapart movable_type 4.28 cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:4.28:*:open_source:*:*:*:*:*
sixapart movable_type 4.29 cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:4.29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sixapart movable_type 4.29 cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:4.29:*:enterprise:*:*:*:*:*
sixapart movable_type 4.29 cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:4.29:*:open_source:*:*:*:*:*
sixapart movable_type 4.31 cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:4.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sixapart movable_type 4.32 cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:4.32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sixapart movable_type 4.33 cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:4.33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sixapart movable_type 4.34 cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:4.34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sixapart movable_type 4.35 cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:4.35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sixapart movable_type 4.36 cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:4.36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sixapart movable_type 4.37 cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:4.37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sixapart movable_type 4.38 cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:4.38:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sixapart movable_type 4.261 cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:4.261:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sixapart movable_type 4.291 cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:4.291:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sixapart movable_type 4.291 cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:4.291:*:enterprise:*:*:*:*:*
sixapart movable_type 4.291 cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:4.291:*:open_source:*:*:*:*:*
sixapart movable_type 4.292 cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:4.292:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sixapart movable_type 4.292 cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:4.292:*:enterprise:*:*:*:*:*
sixapart movable_type 4.292 cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:4.292:*:open_source:*:*:*:*:*
sixapart movable_type 4.361 cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:4.361:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sixapart movable_type 4.36 cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:4.36:*:open_source:*:*:*:*:*
sixapart movable_type 4.37 cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:4.37:*:open_source:*:*:*:*:*
sixapart movable_type 4.38 cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:4.38:*:open_source:*:*:*:*:*
sixapart movable_type 4.361 cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:4.361:*:open_source:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-0209

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