PT-2005-3931 · Six Apart · Movable Type

Published 2005-09-28 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2005-3101

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Movable Type versions prior to 3.2

Description The password reset feature generates different error messages depending on whether a user exists or not, allowing remote attackers to determine valid usernames.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.2, update to version 3.2 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider modifying the password reset feature to return generic error messages, preventing attackers from determining valid usernames.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-3101

Affected Products

Movable Type

References · 5

• http://secunia.com/advisories/16899 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/14911 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-3101 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-3101 · Note
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-11/0091.html · Note