Stored cross-site scripting in MantisBT - CVE-2022-33910
Published: June 28, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU64727
CSH Severity: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-33910
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
MantisBT
MantisBT
Software vendor:
mantisbt.sourceforge.net
mantisbt.sourceforge.net
Description
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in the issue report feature. A remote attacker can use a specially crafted SVG file to inject 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
Install update from vendor's website.