Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in MantisBT before 1.2.8 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) os, (2) os_build, or (3) platform parameter to (a) bug_report_page.php or (b) bug_update_advanced_page.php, related to use of the Projax library.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 6.0 | mantis | 1.1.8+dfsg-10squeeze1 | DSA-2308-1 |
| Debian 5.0 | mantis | 1.1.6+dfsg-2lenny6 | DSA-2308-1 |
Advisories 1
- DSA-2308-1 mantis - several Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
References
- 8392 third-party-advisory
- DSA-2308 vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20110904 CVE requests: <mantisbt-1.2.8 multiple vulnerabilities (1xLFI+XSS, 2xXSS) mailing-list
- GLSA-201211-01 vendor-advisory
- mantisbt-bugreportpage-xss(69589) vdb-entry
- https://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_mantisbt.html
- 45961 third-party-advisory
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=640297
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=735514
- 49448 vdb-entry
- 51199 third-party-advisory
- [oss-security] 20110909 Re: CVE requests: <mantisbt-1.2.8 multiple vulnerabilities (1xLFI+XSS, 2xXSS) mailing-list
- [debian-security-tracker] 20110908 Security Fix for mantis stable 1.1.8 mailing-list
- FEDORA-2011-12369 vendor-advisory
- https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/0a636b37d3425aea7b781e7f25eaeb164ac54a3d
- 20110905 Multiple vulnerabilities in MantisBT mailing-list