Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Mantis before 1.0.0rc1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unknown attack vectors, as identified by bug#0005751 "thraxisp".

Several security related problems have been discovered in Mantis, a web-based bug tracking system. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

  - CVE-2005-3091     A cross-site scripting vulnerability allows attackers to     inject arbitrary web script or HTML.

  - CVE-2005-3335     A file inclusion vulnerability allows remote attackers     to execute arbitrary PHP code and include arbitrary     local files.

  - CVE-2005-3336     A SQL injection vulnerability allows remote attackers to     execute arbitrary SQL commands.

  - CVE-2005-3338     Mantis can be tricked into displaying the otherwise     hidden real mail address of its users.

The remote version of Mantis suffers from a remote file inclusion vulnerability.  Provided PHP's 'register_globals' setting is enabled, An attacker may be able to leverage this issue to read arbitrary files on the local host or to execute arbitrary PHP code, possibly taken from third-party hosts. 

In addition, the installed version reportedly may be prone to SQL injection, cross-site scripting, and information disclosure attacks.

Two security related problems have been discovered in Mantis, a web-based bug tracking system. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

  - CAN-2005-2556     A remote attacker could supply a specially crafted URL     to scan arbitrary ports on arbitrary hosts that may not     be accessible otherwise.

  - CAN-2005-2557

    A remote attacker was able to insert arbitrary HTML code     in bug reports, hence, cross site scripting.

  - CAN-2005-3090

    A remote attacker was able to insert arbitrary HTML code     in bug reports, hence, cross site scripting.

The old stable distribution (woody) does not seem to be affected by these problems.

According to its banner, the version of Mantis on the remote host fails to sanitize user-supplied input to the 'g_db_type' parameter of the 'core/database_api.php' script.  Provided PHP's 'register_globals' setting is enabled, an attacker may be able to exploit this to connect to arbitrary databases as well as scan for arbitrary open ports, even on an internal network.  In addition, it is reportedly prone to multiple cross-site scripting issues.

The remote host seems to be running a vulnerable version of Mantis, a bug tracker web application written in PHP. It is reported that versions up to 0.19.3 are prone to multiple HTML and SQL injection flaws that would allow an attacker to upload or execute arbitrary code as well as manipulate database data.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
22771	Debian DSA-905-1 : mantis - several vulnerabilities	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
20093	Mantis < 0.19.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	CGI abuses	medium
19475	Debian DSA-778-1 : mantis - missing input sanitising	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
19473	Mantis < 1.0.0rc2 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	CGI abuses	medium
3173	Mantis < 0.19.3 Multiple Injection Vulnerabilities	Nessus Network Monitor	CGI	high

Detections

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CVE-2005-3091

medium

Tenable Plugins

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medium

high

medium

high