VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2014-9272
The string_insert_href function in MantisBT 1.2.0a1 through 1.2.x before 1.2.18 does not properly validate the URL protocol, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via the javascript:// protocol.
MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 1.99%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.99%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The string_insert_href function in MantisBT 1.2.0a1 through 1.2.x before 1.2.18 does not properly validate the URL protocol, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via the javascript:// protocol.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.99% probability · 80th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- debian/debian linux · mantisbt/mantisbt
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/867
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/902
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62101
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3120Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/05378e00
- https://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=17297
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/867
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/902
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62101
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3120Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/05378e00
- https://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=17297
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.