CVE•Published 2017-01-23•Modified 2026-05-13•1 article on news•4 live references•NVD data
CVE-2016-5742Sixapart · Movable_type
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
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Description
SQL injection vulnerability in the XML-RPC interface in Movable Type Pro and Advanced 6.x before 6.1.3 and 6.2.x before 6.2.6 and Movable Type Open Source 5.2.13 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via unspecified vectors.
Timeline
Published 2017-01-23
Modified 2026-05-13
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2016-5742Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product + version
product:"Sixapart Movable Type" version:"6.0"Version-pinned fingerprint from NVD's first vulnerable CPE.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Movable Type"HTTP body or banner mentions "Movable Type" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2016-5742Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2016-5742Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2016-5742Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2016-5742GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2016-5742" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.