{"id":"CVE-2017-7620","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-7620","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T19:03:17.543Z","title":"MantisBT before 1.3.11, 2.x before 2.3.3, and 2.4.x before 2.4.1 omits a backslash check in string_api.php and consequently has conflicting interpretations of an initial \\/ substring as introducing either a local pathname or a remote hostname, which…","description":"MantisBT before 1.3.11, 2.x before 2.3.3, and 2.4.x before 2.4.1 omits a backslash check in string_api.php and consequently has conflicting interpretations of an initial \\/ substring as introducing either a local pathname or a remote hostname, which leads to (1) arbitrary Permalink Injection via CSRF attacks on a permalink_page.php?url= URI and (2) an open redirect via a login_page.php?return= URI.","published":"2017-05-21T14:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:24:49.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":6.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-352"],"affected":["mantisbt/mantisbt"],"epss":{"score":0.01359,"percentile":0.71543,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2017-05-20","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":42043,"kind":"exploit","title":"Mantis Bug Tracker 1.3.10/2.3.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42043","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/php/webapps/42043.txt","file":"exploits/php/webapps/42043.txt","published":"2017-05-20","added":"2017-05-21","updated":"2017-05-21","author":"hyp3rlinx","type":"webapps","platform":"php","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2017-7620"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB, so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 1.4%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/MANTIS-BUG-TRACKER-CSRF-PERMALINK-INJECTION.txt","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038538","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=22702","tags":["Issue Tracking"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=22816","tags":["Issue Tracking"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42043/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/MANTIS-BUG-TRACKER-CSRF-PERMALINK-INJECTION.txt","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038538","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=22702","tags":["Issue Tracking"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=22816","tags":["Issue Tracking"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42043/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7620","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}