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Secunia Research: MantisBT "Add Category" Script Insertion Vulnerability

2010-08-0800:00:00
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                 Secunia Research 05/08/2010

  - MantisBT "Add Category" Script Insertion Vulnerability -

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Table of Contents

Affected Software…1
Severity…2
Vendor's Description of Software…3
Description of Vulnerability…4
Solution…5
Time Table…6
Credits…7
References…8
About Secunia…9
Verification…10

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1) Affected Software

  • MantisBT 1.2.2

NOTE: Other versions may also be affected.

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2) Severity

Rating: Less critical
Impact: Cross Site Scripting
Where: From remote

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3) Vendor's Description of Software

"MantisBT is a free popular web-based bugtracking system. It is
written in the PHP scripting language and works with MySQL, MS SQL,
and PostgreSQL databases and a webserver."

Product Link:
http://www.mantisbt.org/

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4) Description of Vulnerability

Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in MantisBT, which can
be exploited by malicious users to conduct script insertion attacks.

Input passed via the "name" parameter to manage_proj_cat_add.php
when creating a project category is not properly sanitised before
being used. This can be exploited to insert arbitrary HTML and script
code, which will be executed in a user's browser session in context
of an affected site when the malicious data is being viewed.

Successful exploitation requires "manager" permissions.

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5) Solution

Fixed in the GIT repository.

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6) Time Table

03/08/2010 - Vendor notified.
04/08/2010 - Vendor response.
05/08/2010 - Vendor releases patch in GIT repository.
05/08/2010 - Public disclosure.

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7) Credits

Discovered by Secunia Research.

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8) References

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned
CVE-2010-2574 for the vulnerability.

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9) About Secunia

Secunia offers vulnerability management solutions to corporate
customers with verified and reliable vulnerability intelligence
relevant to their specific system configuration:

http://secunia.com/advisories/business_solutions/

Secunia also provides a publicly accessible and comprehensive advisory
database as a service to the security community and private
individuals, who are interested in or concerned about IT-security.

http://secunia.com/advisories/

Secunia believes that it is important to support the community and to
do active vulnerability research in order to aid improving the
security and reliability of software in general:

http://secunia.com/secunia_research/

Secunia regularly hires new skilled team members. Check the URL below
to see currently vacant positions:

http://secunia.com/corporate/jobs/

Secunia offers a FREE mailing list called Secunia Security Advisories:

http://secunia.com/advisories/mailing_lists/

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10) Verification

Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2010-103/

Complete list of vulnerability reports published by Secunia Research:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/

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