Cross-site scripting in MantisBT - CVE-2013-1931
Published: October 31, 2019 / Updated: June 28, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU35128
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-1931
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: mantisbt.sourceforge.net
Affected software:
MantisBT
MantisBT
Detailed vulnerability description
Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XSS attacks.
The vulnerability is caused by an input validation error in MantisBT 1.2.14. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
How to mitigate CVE-2013-1931
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
Sources
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/103438.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/103459.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/06/4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58889
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2013-1931
- https://mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=15511
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-1931