CVE-2014-9272

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-01-09 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The 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.

Affected products

Debian Linux: 7.0
mantisbt: 1.1.0-a1, 1.1.0-a2, 1.1.0-a3, 1.1.0-a4, 1.1.0-rc1, 1.1.0-rc2 (+33)

References

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/867
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/902
http://secunia.com/advisories/62101
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3120
https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/05378e00
https://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=17297
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/867
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/902
http://secunia.com/advisories/62101
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3120
https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/05378e00
https://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=17297

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