CVE-2017-7897: MantisBT XSS via my_view_page.php and view_user_page.php

May 17, 2022 (updated June 4, 2025)

A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the MantisBT (2.3.x before 2.3.2) Timeline include page, used in My View (my_view_page.php) and User Information (view_user_page.php) pages, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary code (if CSP settings permit it) through crafted PATH_INFO in a URL, due to use of unsanitized $_SERVER[‘PHP_SELF’] to generate URLs.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-8r2m-qhff-jm2c
github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt
github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/a1c719313d61b07bbe8700005807b8195fdc32f1
github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/pull/1094
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7897

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