Medium severity · published Aug 3, 2018
CVE-2018-14504
An issue was discovered in manage_filter_edit_page.php in MantisBT 2.x through 2.15.0
6.1
CVSS
1.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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)').
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)1.6% · higher than 76% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MA
Mantisbt · Mantisbt
2.0.0 through 2.15.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14504
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-14504
Patch
http://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/8b5fa243dbf04344a55fe880135ec149fc1f439f
Vendor Advisory
https://mantisbt.org/blog/archives/mantisbt/602
Exploit
https://mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=24608
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