Movable Type 7 r.5002 and earlier (Movable Type 7 Series), Movable Type 6.8.2 and earlier (Movable Type 6 Series), Movable Type Advanced 7 r.5002 and earlier (Movable Type Advanced 7 Series), Movable Type Advanced 6.8.2 and earlier (Movable Type Advanced 6 Series), Movable Type Premium 1.46 and earlier, and Movable Type Premium Advanced 1.46 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via unspecified vectors. Note that all versions of Movable Type 4.0 or later including unsupported (End-of-Life, EOL) versions are also affected by this vulnerability.
Use CWE-78, Sixapart vendor hub and Movable Type product page to widen CVE-2021-20837 into its surrounding weakness, vendor, and product context.
Compare it with CVE-2022-38078, CVE-2026-25776 and CVE-2022-43660 for nearby disclosures in the same product family.