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medium 6.1

CVE-2018-14504 json

MantisBT allows XSS on the Edit Filter page via crafted filter name

published 8y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-74gh-5j33-vg4w , EUVD-2018-6420

cvss
6.1
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.6%
EPSS 1.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 76%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An issue was discovered in manage_filter_edit_page.php in MantisBT 2.x through 2.15.0. A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Edit Filter page allows execution of arbitrary code (if CSP settings permit it) when displaying a filter with a crafted name (e.g., 'foobar" onclick="alert(1)').

Patch / fix

  • packagist mantisbt/mantisbt 2.15.1

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Exploit prediction

1.63% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 76% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • mantisbt.org https://mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=24608 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 6.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
GitHub 3.0 6.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
packagist mantisbt/mantisbt
>=2.0.0, <2.15.1
2.15.1

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

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