====================================================================== Secunia Research 05/08/2010 - MantisBT "Add Category" Script Insertion Vulnerability - ====================================================================== Table of Contents Affected Software....................................................1 Severity.............................................................2 Vendor's Description of Software.....................................3 Description of Vulnerability.........................................4 Solution.............................................................5 Time Table...........................................................6 Credits..............................................................7 References...........................................................8 About Secunia........................................................9 Verification........................................................10 ====================================================================== 1) Affected Software * MantisBT 1.2.2 NOTE: Other versions may also be affected. ====================================================================== 2) Severity Rating: Less critical Impact: Cross Site Scripting Where: From remote ====================================================================== 3) Vendor's Description of Software "MantisBT is a free popular web-based bugtracking system. It is written in the PHP scripting language and works with MySQL, MS SQL, and PostgreSQL databases and a webserver." Product Link: http://www.mantisbt.org/ ====================================================================== 4) Description of Vulnerability Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in MantisBT, which can be exploited by malicious users to conduct script insertion attacks. Input passed via the "name" parameter to manage_proj_cat_add.php when creating a project category is not properly sanitised before being used. This can be exploited to insert arbitrary HTML and script code, which will be executed in a user's browser session in context of an affected site when the malicious data is being viewed. Successful exploitation requires "manager" permissions. ====================================================================== 5) Solution Fixed in the GIT repository. ====================================================================== 6) Time Table 03/08/2010 - Vendor notified. 04/08/2010 - Vendor response. 05/08/2010 - Vendor releases patch in GIT repository. 05/08/2010 - Public disclosure. ====================================================================== 7) Credits Discovered by Secunia Research. ====================================================================== 8) References The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned CVE-2010-2574 for the vulnerability. ====================================================================== 9) About Secunia Secunia offers vulnerability management solutions to corporate customers with verified and reliable vulnerability intelligence relevant to their specific system configuration: http://secunia.com/advisories/business_solutions/ Secunia also provides a publicly accessible and comprehensive advisory database as a service to the security community and private individuals, who are interested in or concerned about IT-security. http://secunia.com/advisories/ Secunia believes that it is important to support the community and to do active vulnerability research in order to aid improving the security and reliability of software in general: http://secunia.com/secunia_research/ Secunia regularly hires new skilled team members. Check the URL below to see currently vacant positions: http://secunia.com/corporate/jobs/ Secunia offers a FREE mailing list called Secunia Security Advisories: http://secunia.com/advisories/mailing_lists/ ====================================================================== 10) Verification Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website: http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2010-103/ Complete list of vulnerability reports published by Secunia Research: http://secunia.com/secunia_research/ ======================================================================