#VU23696 Cross-site request forgery in Mantis - CVE-2019-16569
Published: December 19, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU23696
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-16569
CWE-ID: CWE-352
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Mantis
Mantis
Software vendor:
Jenkins
Jenkins
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site request forgery attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to the affected software does not require POST requests on a connection test method. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted web page and perform arbitrary actions on behalf of the victim on the vulnerable website, such as have Jenkins connect to Mantis-related paths on an attacker-specified web server using attacker-specified credentials.
Remediation
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.