Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2025-53522

Movable Type contains an issue with use of less trusted source.

Published Aug 20, 2025 · catalog updated Aug 20, 2025 · Six Apart Ltd. Movable Type (Cloud Edition)

Last checked Oct 26, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-53522. EPSS is 0.18%. Act only if a listed version of Six Apart Ltd. Movable Type (Cloud Edition) is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.

Same product and reporting

Severity
Medium6.9
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.18%
Remediation
Vendor / distro source
Affected products
vendor Six Apart Ltd. Movable Type (Cloud Edition) 7 r.5508 (7 series)

Movable Type contains an issue with use of less trusted source. If exploited, tampered email to reset a password may be sent by a remote unauthenticated attacker.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor Six Apart Ltd. Movable Type (Cloud Edition) 7 r.5508 (7 series)7 r.5508 (7 series)

How to fix CVE-2025-53522

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-53522. EPSS is 0.18%. Act only if a listed version of Six Apart Ltd. Movable Type (Cloud Edition) is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with Six Apart Ltd. Movable Type (Cloud Edition) 7 r.5508 (7 series) 7 r.5508 (7 series). Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.18%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Aug 20, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    Movable Type contains an issue with use of less trusted source. If exploited, tampered email to reset a password may be sent by a remote unauthenticated attacker.

  2. Aug 20, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    Movable Type contains an issue with use of less trusted source. If exploited, tampered email to reset a password may be sent by a remote unauthenticated attacker.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-53522

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-53522

    30-day exploitation probability 0.18%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-28529

    Movable Type contains an issue with use of less trusted source. If exploited, tampered email to reset a password may be sent by a remote unauthenticated attacker.

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 26, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • FIRST EPSSOct 23, 2026
  • CVE.orgOct 22, 2026
  • EUVDOct 22, 2026