CVE-2020-25288 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue was discovered in MantisBT before 2.24.3. When editing an Issue in a Project where a Custom Field with a crafted Regular Expression property is used, improper escaping of the corresponding form input's pattern attribute allows HTML injection and, if CSP settings permit, execution of arbitrary JavaScript.

Published: 2020-09-30

Score: 4.8 Medium

EPSS: 1.5% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mantisbt:mantisbt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-17976	MantisBT XXS where a Custom Field with a crafted Regular Expression property is used
Github GHSA	GHSA-qgrr-f26j-87vf	MantisBT XXS where a Custom Field with a crafted Regular Expression property is used

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0149.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/221cf323f16a9738a5b27aaba94758f11281d85c
https://mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=27275

History

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Subscriptions

Mantisbt Mantisbt

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2020-09-30T20:26:59.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T15:33:05.625Z

Reserved: 2020-09-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-25288

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-09-30T21:15:13.167

Modified: 2026-06-17T03:06:43.970

Link: CVE-2020-25288

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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