CVE-2016-7111: MantisBT XSS through weak CSP when using Gravatar plugin

May 17, 2022 (updated June 11, 2025)

MantisBT before 1.3.1 and 2.x before 2.0.0-beta.2 uses a weak Content Security Policy when using the Gravatar plugin, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via unspecified vectors.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-8vx9-hcvq-gfv8
github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt
github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/b3511d2feb47eaee41feb5f69cf3c8a2c9acd229
mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=21263
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7111

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