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MantisBT XXS where a Custom Field with a crafted Regular Expression property is used

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 24, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated May 29, 2025

Package

composer mantisbt/mantisbt (Composer)

Affected versions

>= 2.23.0, < 2.24.3

Patched versions

2.24.3

Description

An issue was discovered in MantisBT before 2.24.3. When editing an Issue in a Project where a Custom Field with a crafted Regular Expression property is used, improper escaping of the corresponding form input's pattern attribute allows HTML injection and, if CSP settings permit, execution of arbitrary JavaScript.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Sep 30, 2020
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 24, 2022
Reviewed May 29, 2025
Last updated May 29, 2025

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
High
User interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(72nd percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2020-25288

GHSA ID

GHSA-qgrr-f26j-87vf

Source code

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