GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Packagist
GHSA-w93w-rx52-24qh MantisBT vulnerable to XSS via unsanitized filter field in manage_user_page.php
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2017-12062
- Ecosystem
- Packagist
- Packages
- mantisbt/mantisbt
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79
- Reviewed
- 2025-06-09
Affected packages
• Packagist mantisbt/mantisbt: >= 2.0.0, < 2.5.2 → fixed in 2.5.2
Description
An XSS issue was discovered in manage_user_page.php in MantisBT 2.x before 2.5.2. The 'filter' field is not sanitized before being rendered in the Manage User page, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code if CSP is disabled.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2017-12062 An XSS issue was discovered in manage_user_page.php in MantisBT 2.x before 2.5.2. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12062 advisory
- https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/9b5b71dadbeeeec27efea59f562ac5bd6d2673b7 web
- https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt package
- https://mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=23166 web
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/01/1 web
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/01/2 web