CVE-2017-12061
An XSS issue was discovered in admin/install.php in MantisBT before 1.3.12 and 2.x before 2.5.2.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.94%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
An XSS issue was discovered in admin/install.php in MantisBT before 1.3.12 and 2.x before 2.5.2. Some variables under user control in the MantisBT installation script are not properly sanitized before being output, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary JavaScript code, as demonstrated by the $f_database, $f_db_username, and $f_admin_username variables. This is mitigated by the fact that the admin/ folder should be deleted after installation, and also prevented by CSP.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.94% probability · 87th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- mantisbt/mantisbt
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.9% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/01/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/01/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039030Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/17f9b94f031ba93ae2a727bca0e68458ecd08fb0Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/c73ae3d3d4dd4681489a9e697e8ade785e27cba5Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=23146Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/01/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/01/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039030Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/17f9b94f031ba93ae2a727bca0e68458ecd08fb0Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/c73ae3d3d4dd4681489a9e697e8ade785e27cba5Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=23146Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.