TI-2017-08857 Aliases CVE-2017-12061 GHSA-98xr-mmq5-vc5h

An XSS issue was discovered in admin/install.php in MantisBT before 1.3.12 and 2.x before…

LOW 33CWE-79Published 2017-08-01 · Updated 2024-08-05

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: Required
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Low · Low · None
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

An XSS issue was discovered in admin/install.php in MantisBT before 1.3.12 and 2.x before 2.5.2. Some variables under user control in the MantisBT installation script are not properly sanitized before being output, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary JavaScript code, as demonstrated by the $f_database, $f_db_username, and $f_admin_username variables. This is mitigated by the fact that the admin/ folder should be deleted after installation, and also prevented by CSP.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02937 87th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed mantisbt/mantisbt (Packagist): 1.3.12, 2.5.2

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA
—	mantisbt/mantisbt (Packagist)	before 1.3.12	1.3.12	Patch available	GHSA-98xr-mmq5-vc5h
—	mantisbt/mantisbt (Packagist)	2.0.0 to before 2.5.2	2.5.2	Patch available	GHSA-98xr-mmq5-vc5h

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
mantisbt/mantisbt (Packagist) Vendor— Affected before 1.3.12 Fixed in 1.3.12 Patch available GHSA-98xr-mmq5-vc5h
mantisbt/mantisbt (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 2.0.0 to before 2.5.2 Fixed in 2.5.2 Patch available GHSA-98xr-mmq5-vc5h

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:mantisbt:mantisbt::::::::	1.3.0 to before 1.3.12; 2.0.0 to before 2.5.2	Vulnerable	mantisbt

cpe:2.3:a:mantisbt:mantisbt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.3.0 to before 1.3.12; 2.0.0 to before 2.5.2 Vulnerable ·mantisbt

Remediation

Fix · GHSA-98xr-mmq5-vc5h mantisbt/mantisbt (Packagist) Fixed in 1.3.12 Advisory →
Fix · GHSA-98xr-mmq5-vc5h mantisbt/mantisbt (Packagist) Fixed in 2.5.2 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product

Red Hat

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-12061
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-98xr-mmq5-vc5h

References

Patch 2

Advisory 4

Other 2

TI-2017-05251 MantisBT through 2.3.0 allows arbitrary password reset and unauthenticated admin access… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2014-05966 The XmlImportExport plugin in MantisBT 1.2.17 and earlier allows remote attackers to… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
TI-2025-38760 MantisBT unauthorized disclosure of private project column configuration CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.3
TI-2017-04981 A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the MantisBT Configuration Report page… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 4.8
TI-2019-11797 MantisBT before 1.3.20 and 2.22.1 allows Post Authentication Command Injection, leading to Remote Code Execution. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
TI-2014-07063 The XML Import/Export plugin in MantisBT 1.2.x does not restrict access, which allows… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.4

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Sources

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