CVE-2011-2938

Public Exploit

Description

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.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 15.73% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49235 vdb entry exploit
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/18/7 patch mailing list exploit
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201211-01.xml vendor advisory
https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/317f3db3a3c68775de3acf3b15f55b1e3c18f93b patch
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8391 third party advisory
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=379739 patch exploit
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mantis/+bug/828857 patch exploit
http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/104149 exploit
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=731777 patch exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/51199 third party advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/19/16 patch mailing list exploit
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/066061.html patch vendor advisory exploit
http://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=13245 exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2011-2938?
CVE-2011-2938 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2011-2938?
To fix CVE-2011-2938, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2011-2938 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2011-2938 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~16% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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