Movable Type Pro, Open Source, and Advanced before 5.2.12 and Pro and Advanced 6.0.x before 6.0.7 does not properly use the Perl Storable::thaw function, which allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local Perl files and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2015-1592 is rated High Exploit Risk (77.1/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 81.05%, 99th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41697 | exploit_db | edb | 2015-02-11 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 2025-04-17 | 83.66% | 81.05% | -2.61% |
| 2 | 2025-04-12 | 84.46% | 83.66% | -0.81% |
| 3 | 2025-03-30 | — | 84.46% | — |
Full EPSS history (20 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 2.0 | HIGH |
|
10.0 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
ubuntu
|
medium | CVE-2015-1592 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (movabletype-opensource), 14 status rows across 14 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 10, ignored 3, released 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1592 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | debian_linux | 7.0 | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| sixapart | movable_type | >= 5.2.0, < 5.2.12 | cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:*:*:*:*:advanced:*:*:* |
| sixapart | movable_type | >= 5.2.0, < 5.2.12 | cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:*:*:*:*:open_source:*:*:* |
| sixapart | movable_type | >= 5.2.0, < 5.2.12 | cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:*:*:*:*:pro:*:*:* |
| sixapart | movable_type | >= 6.0, < 6.0.7 | cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:*:*:*:*:advanced:*:*:* |
| sixapart | movable_type | >= 6.0, < 6.0.7 | cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:*:*:*:*:pro:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/12/17 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/12/2 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72606 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031777 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100912 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| https://movabletype.org/news/2015/02/movable_type_607_and_5212_released_to_close_security_vulnera.html | Vendor Advisory |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3183 | Third Party Advisory |