Cross-site scripting in MantisBT - CVE-2013-1810

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data when processing data passed via a (1) category name in the summary_print_by_category function or (2) project name in the summary_print_by_project function. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in 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.

Remediation

External links

• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q1/127
• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q1/556
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51853
• http://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=15384