CVE-2015-1592

Exp

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.

Published: 2015-02-19 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

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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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2015-1592

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
41697 exploit_db edb 2015-02-11 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-1592

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)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-1592

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-2015-1592

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-1592

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

Affected software / configurations for 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:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-1592

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