PT-2017-9032 · Mantisbt · Mantisbt

Will Dollman · Published 2017-01-10 · Updated 2017-01-11 · CVE-2016-6837

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions MantisBT versions prior to 1.2.19 MantisBT version 2.0.0-beta1 MantisBT version 1.3.0-beta1

Description A cross-site scripting (XSS) issue exists, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the view type parameter in the MantisBT Filter API.

Recommendations For MantisBT versions prior to 1.2.19, update to version 1.2.19 or later. For MantisBT version 2.0.0-beta1, avoid using the view type parameter in the affected API endpoint until the issue is resolved. For MantisBT version 1.3.0-beta1, restrict access to the MantisBT Filter API to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-6837

Affected Products

Mantisbt

References · 7

• https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/7086c2d8b4b20ac14013b36761ac04f0abf21a4e · Vendor Advisory
• https://mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=21611 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-6837 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6837 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6837 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1036655 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/92522 · Note