Medium severity · published Aug 1, 2017
CVE-2017-12061
An XSS issue was discovered in admin/install.php in MantisBT before 1.3.12 and 2.x before 2.5.2
6.1
CVSS
2.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An XSS issue was discovered in admin/install.php in MantisBT before 1.3.12 and 2.x before 2.5.2. Some variables under user control in the MantisBT installation script are not properly sanitized before being output, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary JavaScript code, as demonstrated by the $f_database, $f_db_username, and $f_admin_username variables. This is mitigated by the fact that the admin/ folder should be deleted after installation, and also prevented by CSP.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.9% · higher than 87% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MA
Mantisbt · Mantisbt
1.3.0 before 1.3.12; 2.0.0 before 2.5.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12061
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12061
Mailing List
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/01/1
Mailing List
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/01/2
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039030
Patch
https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/17f9b94f031ba93ae2a727bca0e68458ecd08fb0
Patch
https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/c73ae3d3d4dd4681489a9e697e8ade785e27cba5
Issue Tracking
https://mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=23146
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