Movable Type Config File Disclosure Vulnerability - Active Check
🗓️ 03 Nov 2005 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2004 Rich WalchuckType
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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2004 Rich Walchuck
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:sixapart:movable_type";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.16170");
script_version("2025-04-11T05:40:28+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-04-11 05:40:28 +0000 (Fri, 11 Apr 2025)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2005-11-03 14:08:04 +0100 (Thu, 03 Nov 2005)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_analysis");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"Mitigation");
script_name("Movable Type Config File Disclosure Vulnerability - Active Check");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2004 Rich Walchuck");
script_family("Web application abuses");
script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);
script_dependencies("gb_movable_type_http_detect.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("sixapart/movabletype/http/detected");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"/mt/mt.cfg is installed by the Movable Type Publishing
Platform and contains information that should not be exposed.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Sends a crafted HTTP GET request and checks the response.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Configure the web server not to serve .cfg files.");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("http_func.inc");
include("http_404.inc");
include("http_keepalive.inc");
include("list_array_func.inc");
if (!port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE, service: "www"))
exit(0);
if (!dir = get_app_location(cpe: CPE, port: port))
exit(0);
if (dir == "/")
dir = "";
url = dir + "/mt/mt.cfg";
if (http_is_cgi_installed_ka(port: port, item: url)) {
report = http_report_vuln_url(port: port, url: url);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
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