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medium 6.4

CVE-2014-8598 json

The XML Import/Export plugin in MantisBT 1.2.x does not restrict access, which allows remote attackers to (1) upload arbitrary XML files vi…

published 11y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2014-8435

cvss
6.4
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
38.5%
EPSS 38.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
2
Metasploit and Exploit-DB

Summary

The XML Import/Export plugin in MantisBT 1.2.x does not restrict access, which allows remote attackers to (1) upload arbitrary XML files via the import page or (2) obtain sensitive information via the export page. NOTE: this issue can be combined with CVE-2014-7146 to execute arbitrary PHP code.

Patch / fix

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2014-8598 updated cvss 6.4

mantis: issues in the XML Import/Export plug-in to be fixed in the upcoming 1.2.18 release

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/multi/http/mantisbt_php_exec)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

38.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.4 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-19 Data Processing Errors

References

Sources

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