CVE-2014-7146

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 50.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2014-11-18 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The XmlImportExport plugin in MantisBT 1.2.17 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a crafted (1) description field or (2) issuelink attribute in an XML file, which is not properly handled when executing the preg_replace function with the e modifier.

Affected products

mantisbt: 1.2.17

References

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/576
http://secunia.com/advisories/62101
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3120
http://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=17725
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70993
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98572
https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/84017535
https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/bed19db9
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/576
http://secunia.com/advisories/62101
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3120
http://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=17725

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