Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the filter_draw_selection_area2 function in core/filter_api.php in MantisBT 1.2.12 before 1.2.13 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the match_type parameter to bugs/search.php.

This release fixes few security flaws, as detailed in CVE-2013-0197 CVE-2013-1883

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

According to its version number, the MantisBT install hosted on the remote web server is affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

  - Version 1.2.12 of the application is affected by a     cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability because the     'search.php' script fails to properly sanitize     user-supplied input to the 'match_type' parameter.  An     attacker may be able to leverage this to inject     arbitrary HTML and script code into a user's browser to     be executed within the security context of the affected     site. (CVE-2013-0197)

  - Version 1.2.12 of the application is affected by a     cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability because the     application fails to properly sanitize user-supplied     input.  A user with manager or administrator privileges     can create a category or project name containing     JavaScript code.  This code would then be executed     within the browser of a user visiting the summary.php     script.

  - The application is affected by a workflow-related flaw     as a user with 'Reporter' permissions can modify the     status of any issue to 'New' even if the user does     not have sufficient privileges to make the change.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of MantisBT installed on the remote host fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input to the 'match_type' parameter of the 'search.php' script before using it to generate dynamic HTML output.  An attacker may be able to leverage this to inject arbitrary HTML and script code into a user's browser to be executed within the security context of the affected site. 

Note that the install is also likely to be affected by additional cross-site scripting vulnerabilities as well as an unauthorized status update flaw, although Nessus has not tested for these additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
65758	Fedora 17 : mantis-1.2.14-1.fc17 (2013-4335)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	Local	medium
65757	Fedora 18 : mantis-1.2.14-1.fc18 (2013-4319)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	Local	medium
64560	MantisBT 1.2.x < 1.2.13 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	CGI abuses	Remote	medium
64490	MantisBT search.php match_type Parameter XSS	Nessus	CGI abuses : XSS	Remote	medium

Detections

Analytics

CVE-2013-0197

medium

Tenable Plugins

medium

medium

medium

medium