Medium severity · published Apr 18, 2017
CVE-2017-7897
A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the MantisBT (2.3.x before 2.3.2) Timeline include page, used in My View (my_view_page.php) and User Information (view_user_page.php)…
6.1
CVSS
1.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the MantisBT (2.3.x before 2.3.2) Timeline include page, used in My View (my_view_page.php) and User Information (view_user_page.php) pages, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary code (if CSP settings permit it) through crafted PATH_INFO in a URL, due to use of unsanitized $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] to generate URLs.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/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)1.8% · higher than 78% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MA
Mantisbt · Mantisbt
2.3.0; 2.3.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7897
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7897
Exploit
http://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=22742
www.securitytracker.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038278
Patch
https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/a1c719313d61b07bbe8700005807b8195fdc32f1
Exploit
https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/pull/1094
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