What is CVE-2017-6799?

CVE-2017-6799 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mantisbt, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-03-10.

How severe is CVE-2017-6799?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2017-6799 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Mantisbt

CVE-2017-6799

A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in view_filters_page.php in MantisBT before 2.2.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary JavaScript via the 'view_type' parameter.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2017-03-10 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.035 (88.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 89th percentile — 88.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.035 · newest: 0.035 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Mantisbt

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

seclab-fudan/AFV

References

mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php (Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/1677251434b6e8b2be8f1d4376a3e78f7be14d95 (Patch)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/10/1 (Exploit, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/96819 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-6799?: CVE-2017-6799 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mantisbt, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-03-10.
How severe is CVE-2017-6799?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-6799 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.