CVE-2006-0841
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Mantis 1.00rc4 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) hide_status, (2) handler_id, (3) user_monitor, (4) reporter_id, (5) view_type, (6) show_severity,…
Does this matter?
2 public exploits are published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 5.5%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Mantis 1.00rc4 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) hide_status, (2) handler_id, (3) user_monitor, (4) reporter_id, (5) view_type, (6) show_severity, (7) show_category, (8) show_status, (9) show_resolution, (10) show_build, (11) show_profile, (12) show_priority, (13) highlight_changed, (14) relationship_type, and (15) relationship_bug parameters in (a) view_all_set.php; the (16) sort parameter in (b) manage_user_page.php; the (17) view_type parameter in (c) view_filters_page.php; and the (18) title parameter in (d) proj_doc_delete.php. NOTE: item 17 might be subsumed by CVE-2005-4522.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 5.47% probability · 93th percentile
- Public exploits
- 2 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 15 February 2006
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- mantis/mantis
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 5.5% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (2)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
| EDB-ID | Title | Type | Published | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EDB-27229source ↗ | Mantis Bug Tracker 0.x/1.0 - 'manage_user_page.php?sort' Cross-Site Scriptingphp · Thomas Waldegger | webapps | 15 February 2006 | yes |
| EDB-27228source ↗ | Mantis Bug Tracker 0.x/1.0 - 'view_all_set.php' Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilitiesphp · Thomas Waldegger | webapps | 15 February 2006 | yes |
References
- http://morph3us.org/advisories/20060214-mantis-100rc4.txtExploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21400
- http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=14963&package_id=12175&release_id=386059
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=386059&group_id=14963Patch
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1133
- http://www.osvdb.org/22487
- http://www.osvdb.org/23248
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425046/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16657
- http://morph3us.org/advisories/20060214-mantis-100rc4.txtExploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21400
- http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=14963&package_id=12175&release_id=386059
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=386059&group_id=14963Patch
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1133
- http://www.osvdb.org/22487
- http://www.osvdb.org/23248
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425046/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16657
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.