What is CVE-2017-7222?

CVE-2017-7222 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mantisbt, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-03-22.

How severe is CVE-2017-7222?

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

XSS in Mantisbt

CVE-2017-7222

A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MantisBT before 2.1.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML or JavaScript (if MantisBT's CSP settings permit it) by modifying 'window_title' in the application configuration. This requires privileged access to MantisBT configuration management pages (i.e., administrator access rights) or altering the system configuration file (config_inc.php).

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.008 (53.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Mantisbt
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-7222?: CVE-2017-7222 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mantisbt, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-03-22.
How severe is CVE-2017-7222?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.