Cross-site scripting in MantisBT - CVE-2017-12062
Published: August 2, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU7652
CSH Severity: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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-2017-12062
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 unauthenticated attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied data passed via specially crafted parameter to manage_user_page.php. 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.
Remediation
The vulnerability is addressed in the following versions: 1.3.12, 2.5.2, and 2.6.0.