CVE-2008-4687

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 67.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-10-22 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-94

Description

manage_proj_page.php in Mantis before 1.1.4 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a sort parameter containing PHP sequences, which are processed by create_function within the multi_sort function in core/utility_api.php.

Affected products

mantis: through 1.1.3; 0.19.3, 0.19.4, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.4 (+6)

References

http://mantisbt.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/mantisbt/branches/BRANCH_1_1_0/mantisbt/core/utility_api.php?r1=5679&r2=5678&pathrev=5679
http://secunia.com/advisories/32314
http://secunia.com/advisories/32975
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4470
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200812-07.xml
http://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/changelog_page.php
http://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=0009704
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/19/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31789
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=242722
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45942
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44611/

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