CVE-2014-9272

Summary

CVECVE-2014-9272
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-01-09 18:59:03 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe string_insert_href function in MantisBT 1.2.0a1 through 1.2.x before 1.2.18 does not properly validate the URL protocol, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via the javascript:// protocol.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-79 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.1.0 a1 All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.1.0 a2 All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.1.0 a3 All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.1.0 a4 All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.1.0 rc1 All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.1.0 rc2 All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.1.0 rc3 All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.1.1 All All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.1.2 All All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.1.3 All All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.1.4 All All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.1.5 All All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.1.6 All All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.1.7 All All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.1.8 All All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.1.9 All All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.2.0 All All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.2.0 alpha1 All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.2.0 alpha2 All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.2.0 alpha3 All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.2.0 rc1 All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.2.0 rc2 All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.2.1 All All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.2.10 All All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.2.11 All All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.2.12 All All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.2.13 All All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.2.14 All All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.2.15 All All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.2.16 All All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.2.17 All All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.2.2 All All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.2.3 All All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.2.4 All All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.2.5 All All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.2.6 All All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.2.7 All All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.2.8 All All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.2.9 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-sec: Re: CVE Request: Multiple XSS vulnerabilities in MantisBT af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
Security Advisory SA62101 - Debian update for mantis - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3120-1 mantis af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Vendor Advisory
0017297: CVE-2014-9272: XSS in string_insert_hrefs allows script execution - MantisBT af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mantisbt.org
Fix #17297: XSS in string_insert_hrefs · 05378e0 · mantisbt/mantisbt · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
oss-sec: CVE Request: Multiple XSS vulnerabilities in MantisBT af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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