CVE-2018-14504: MantisBT allows XSS on the Edit Filter page via crafted filter name

May 14, 2022 (updated May 30, 2025)

An issue was discovered in manage_filter_edit_page.php in MantisBT 2.x through 2.15.0. A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Edit Filter page allows execution of arbitrary code (if CSP settings permit it) when displaying a filter with a crafted name (e.g., ‘foobar" onclick=“alert(1)’).

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-74gh-5j33-vg4w
github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt
mantisbt.org/blog/archives/mantisbt/602
mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=24608
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14504

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