MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2011-2938

Mantisbt vulnerability

CVSS
4.3
EPSS
4.5%
EPSS pct
91th
Exploited
No known
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in filter_api.php in MantisBT before 1.2.7 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a parameter, as demonstrated by the project_id parameter to search.php.
Affected vendor
Mantisbt
Affected product
Mantisbt
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-79 — Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Published
2011-09-21

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 4.5% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 91% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2011-2938

  • Confirm whether Mantisbt Mantisbt is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2011-2938.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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