#VU44705 Cross-site scripting in MantisBT - CVE-2011-2938 

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#VU44705 Cross-site scripting in MantisBT - CVE-2011-2938

Published: September 21, 2011 / Updated: January 3, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU44705
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-2938
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: Public exploit is available
Vulnerable software:
MantisBT
Software vendor:
mantisbt.sourceforge.net

Description

Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XSS attacks.

The vulnerability is caused by an input validation error in filter_api.php in MantisBT before 1.2.7 when processing a parameter, as demonstrated by the project_id parameter to search.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

Install update from vendor's website.

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