Mantis bug report cross-site scripting
| mantis-bug-report-xss (21958) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Mantis is vulnerable to cross-site scripting. A remote attacker could create a specially-crafted bug report containing embedded script. When the administrator attempts to delete the malicious bug report, the script code executes in the Administrator's Web browser within the security context of the hosting site. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials.
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of mantis (1.0.0rc1 or later), as available from the Mantis Web site. See References.
For Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge):
Upgrade to the latest version of mantis (0.19.2-4 or later), as listed in DSA-778-1. See References.
For Gentoo Linux:
Refer to Gentoo Linux Security Announcement GLSA 2005-09-16 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For other distributions:
Contact your vendor for upgrade or patch information.
References:
- Mantis Bug Tracker: Mantis Bug Tracker 0005751: Javascript XSS vulnerability .
- Mantis Web site: Mantis Bug Tracker.
- BID-14604: Mantis Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2005-2557: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in view_all_set.php in Mantis 0.19.0a1 through 1.0.0a3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the dir parameter, as identified by bug#0005959, and a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-3090.
- DSA-778: mantis -- missing input sanitising
- GLSA-200509-16: Mantis: XSS and SQL injection vulnerabilities
- SA16506: Mantis Multiple Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- Debian Debian Linux 3.1
- Gentoo Linux
- Mantis Mantis 1.0.0a3
Reported:
Aug 19, 2005
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