MantisBT up to 1.2.18/1.3.0-beta.1 permalink_page.php url cross site scripting

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in MantisBT up to 1.2.18/1.3.0-beta.1. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file permalink_page.php. Such manipulation of the argument url as part of Parameter leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2014-9701. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in MantisBT up to 1.2.18/1.3.0-beta.1 (Bug Tracking Software). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file permalink_page.php. The manipulation of the argument url as part of a Parameter leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MantisBT before 1.2.19 and 1.3.x before 1.3.0-beta.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the url parameter to permalink_page.php.

The bug was discovered 03/14/2015. The weakness was presented 08/09/2017 (oss-sec). The advisory is shared for download at openwall.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2014-9701 since 03/14/2015. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 879 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:permalink_page.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

Upgrading to version 1.2.19 or 1.3.0-beta.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• Bug Tracking Software

Name

• MantisBT

Version

• 1.2.0
• 1.2.1
• 1.2.2
• 1.2.3
• 1.2.4
• 1.2.5
• 1.2.6
• 1.2.7
• 1.2.8
• 1.2.9
• 1.2.10
• 1.2.11
• 1.2.12
• 1.2.13
• 1.2.14
• 1.2.15
• 1.2.16
• 1.2.17
• 1.2.18
• 1.3.0-beta.0
• 1.3.0-beta.1

License

• open-source

Website

• Product: https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/

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