#VU6631 Cross-site request forgery in MantisBT - CVE-2017-7620

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#VU6631 Cross-site request forgery in MantisBT - CVE-2017-7620

Published: May 23, 2017 / Updated: May 23, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU6631
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-7620
CWE-ID: CWE-352
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: Public exploit is available
Vulnerable software:
MantisBT
Software vendor:
mantisbt.sourceforge.net

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform CSRF attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to improper validation of the HTTP request origin in 'string_api.php'. A remote attacker can create a specially specially crafted web page, trick the authenticated victim into visiting it and inject arbitrary permalinks into the mantisbt Web Interface.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in cross-site request forgery conducting.

Remediation

Update to version 1.3.11, 2.3.3, 2.4.1.

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