Is CVE-2022-38078 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2022-38078 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2022-38078?

CVE-2022-38078 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2022-38078?

CVE-2022-38078 has an EPSS score of 1.85% (77th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2022-38078?

Upgrade movable type to 7.9.5 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2022-38078

CRITICALEPSS 77th pctl

9.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Movable Type XMLRPC API provided by Six Apart Ltd. contains a command injection vulnerability. Sending a specially crafted message by POST method to Movable Type XMLRPC API may allow arbitrary Perl script execution, and an arbitrary OS command may be executed through it. Affected products and versions are as follows: Movable Type 7 r.5202 and earlier, Movable Type Advanced 7 r.5202 and earlier, Movable Type 6.8.6 and earlier, Movable Type Advanced 6.8.6 and earlier, Movable Type Premium 1.52 and earlier, and Movable Type Premium Advanced 1.52 and earlier. Note that all versions of Movable Type 4.0 or later including unsupported (End-of-Life, EOL) versions are also affected by this vulnerability.

CWE-94Code Injection

How to fix

Remediation Available

movable typeNVD

Affected:>= 7.0.0, < 7.9.5Fixed in:7.9.5CVE-2022-38078derived from NVD

Affected:< 1.53Fixed in:1.53CVE-2022-38078derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

1.85%probability of exploitation in 30 days

77thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 77% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

movabletype.org

Third-Party Advisory1

jvn.jp

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2017-9841	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2015-1635	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	-
CVE-2022-22954	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2021-22204	Medium	6.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2025-3248	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2012-0158	High	8.8	100%	KEV	-

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