XSS in Mantisbt
CVE-2014-9272
The string_insert_href function in MantisBT 1.2.0a1 through 1.2.x before 1.2.18 does not properly validate the URL protocol, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via the javascript:// protocol.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.020 (79.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 80th percentile — 79.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.020 · newest: 0.020 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mantisbt — versions 1.1.0, 1.1.1, 1.1.2
- Debian Linux — versions 7.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/05378e00
- www.mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php
- secunia.com/advisories/62101 (third-party-advisory)
- seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/867 (mailing-list)
- seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/902 (mailing-list)
- www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3120 (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)