01 Record
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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.99% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 80.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2015-01-09 18:00Z11 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 13:40Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2014-12-04
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 63a280c99283c520b1e4103f6715b6917ddf2128430f1219c379b3bafb23f96a
05 Affected products
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/05378e00
- www.mantisbt.orghttps://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=17297
- secunia.com62101http://secunia.com/advisories/62101
- seclists.org[oss-security] 20141201 CVE Request: Multiple XSS vulnerabilities in MantisBThttp://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/867
- seclists.org[oss-security] 20141204 Re: CVE Request: Multiple XSS vulnerabilities in MantisBThttp://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/902
- www.debian.orgDSA-3120http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3120