CVE-2005-4690
Six Apart Movable Type 3.16 allows local users with blog-creation privileges to create or...
Six Apart Movable Type 3.16 allows local users with blog-creation privileges to create or overwrite arbitrary files of certain types (such as HTML and image files) by selecting an arbitrary directory as a blog's top-level directory. NOTE: this issue can be used in conjunction with CVE-2005-3102 to create or overwrite arbitrary files of all types.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
2.1
Six Apart Movable Type 3.16 allows local users with blog-creation privileges to create or overwrite arbitrary files of certain types (such as HTML and image files) by selecting an arbitrary directory as a blog's top-level directory. NOTE: this issue can be used in conjunction with CVE-2005-3102 to create or overwrite arbitrary files of all types.
- Record
CVE-2005-4690- CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Six Apart Movable Type 3.16 allows local users with blog-creation privileges to create or overwrite arbitrary files of certain types (such as HTML and image files) by selecting an arbitrary directory as a blog's top-level directory. NOTE: this issue can be used in conjunction with CVE-2005-3102 to create or overwrite arbitrary files of all types.
- Record
CVE-2005-4690- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2005-4684 No score
Six Apart Movable Type 3.16 allows local users with blog-creation privileges to create or overwrite arbitrary files of certain types (such as HTML and image files) by selecting an arbitrary directory as a blog's top-level directory. NOTE: this issue can be used in conjunction with CVE-2005-3102 to create or overwrite arbitrary files of all types.
- Record
EUVD-2005-4684- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-p947-hjgq-3459 No score
Six Apart Movable Type 3.16 allows local users with blog-creation privileges to create or...
Six Apart Movable Type 3.16 allows local users with blog-creation privileges to create or overwrite arbitrary files of certain types (such as HTML and image files) by selecting an arbitrary directory as a blog's top-level directory. NOTE: this issue can be used in conjunction with CVE-2005-3102 to create or overwrite arbitrary files of all types.
- Record
GHSA-p947-hjgq-3459- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2005-4690 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 2.1) in Six Apart Movable Type, published December 31, 2005. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.33%, the 26th percentile. No source names a fixed version.