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Secunia Research 05/08/2010
- MantisBT "Add Category" Script Insertion Vulnerability -
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Table of Contents
Affected Software....................................................1
Severity.............................................................2
Vendor's Description of Software.....................................3
Description of Vulnerability.........................................4
Solution.............................................................5
Time Table...........................................................6
Credits..............................................................7
References...........................................................8
About Secunia........................................................9
Verification........................................................10
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1) Affected Software
* MantisBT 1.2.2
NOTE: Other versions may also be affected.
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2) Severity
Rating: Less critical
Impact: Cross Site Scripting
Where: From remote
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3) Vendor's Description of Software
"MantisBT is a free popular web-based bugtracking system. It is
written in the PHP scripting language and works with MySQL, MS SQL,
and PostgreSQL databases and a webserver."
Product Link:
http://www.mantisbt.org/
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4) Description of Vulnerability
Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in MantisBT, which can
be exploited by malicious users to conduct script insertion attacks.
Input passed via the "name" parameter to manage_proj_cat_add.php
when creating a project category is not properly sanitised before
being used. This can be exploited to insert arbitrary HTML and script
code, which will be executed in a user's browser session in context
of an affected site when the malicious data is being viewed.
Successful exploitation requires "manager" permissions.
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5) Solution
Fixed in the GIT repository.
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6) Time Table
03/08/2010 - Vendor notified.
04/08/2010 - Vendor response.
05/08/2010 - Vendor releases patch in GIT repository.
05/08/2010 - Public disclosure.
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7) Credits
Discovered by Secunia Research.
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8) References
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned
CVE-2010-2574 for the vulnerability.
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10) Verification
Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2010-103/
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