After three months of the beta testing, the official release of the Movable Type 5.1 is now ready to download. Movable Type 4.36 and 5.05 are also released as mandatory security updates. These updates resolve multiple vulnerabilities discovered in Movable Type 5.x and Movable Type 4.x.
About Movable Type 5.1 ¶
Please see the following links for details.
Movable Type 5.1 includes a lot of feedback, patches and contributions from our community. Thank you very much for all of your help !
Movable Type 4.36 and 5.05 Security Updates ¶
The impact of the vulnerabilities ¶
A remote attacker could execute arbitrary code in a logged-in users' web browser. A remote attacker could read or modify the contents in the system under certain circumstances.
Versions Affected ¶
- Movable Type Open Source 4.x
- Movable Type Open Source 5.x
- Movable Type 4.x ( with Professional Pack, Community Pack )
- Movable Type 5.x ( with Professional Pack, Community Pack )
- Movable Type Enterprise 4.x
Solution ¶
Please upgrade to the latest versions of Movable Type 4 or Movable Type 5.
- Movable Type Open Source 4.36
- Movable Type Open Source 5.05
- Movable Type Open Source 5.1
- Movable Type 4.36( with Professional Pack, Community Pack)
- Movable Type 5.05( with Professional Pack, Community Pack)
- Movable Type 5.1( with Professional Pack, Community Pack)
- Movable Type Enterprise 4.36
- Movable Type Advanced 5.1
Special thanks to Alfasado, Eldar Marcussen and other reporters for reporting these security issues.
Download
- Download Movable Type Open Source
- Download Movable Type Pro
- Download other packages (including MT5.05)
perlmonkey
May 25, 2011 6:03 AM | Reply
Congratulations, 5.1 looks impressive :)
Mihai Bocsaru
June 9, 2011 3:04 AM | Reply
An excellent achievement and a sign that movable type is stronger than ever.
Movable Type v5.1 is available for absolutely free online evaluation at:
http://www.movabletypedemo.org/