Mantis Bug Tracker (MantisBT) is an open source issue tracker. In versions 2.28.1 and below, improper escaping of the redirection page (retrieved from the request's Referer header) allows an attacker to inject HTML. While this is generally not directly actionable as modern browsers will URL-encode special characters, on some specific server configurations this could poison the cache, leading to cross-site scripting. This issue has been fixed in version 2.28.2.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact Low

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact Low

Vulnerable System Availability Impact None

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

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No CVSS v3.0

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-6jh4-47v2-4g37 MantisBT has Potential Referer-Based Reflected HTML Injection / XSS in Tag Update Page
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Workaround

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References
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https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/b1ebc57763f104eb5f541b7b4d1ce6948168abd9 cve-icon
https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/security/advisories/GHSA-6jh4-47v2-4g37 cve-icon
https://mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=37017 cve-icon
History

Fri, 22 May 2026 21:45:00 +0000

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Fri, 22 May 2026 20:00:00 +0000

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Description Mantis Bug Tracker (MantisBT) is an open source issue tracker. In versions 2.28.1 and below, improper escaping of the redirection page (retrieved from the request's Referer header) allows an attacker to inject HTML. While this is generally not directly actionable as modern browsers will URL-encode special characters, on some specific server configurations this could poison the cache, leading to cross-site scripting. This issue has been fixed in version 2.28.2.
Title MantisBT has Potential Referer-Based Reflected HTML Injection / XSS in Tag Update Page
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-22T19:32:35.535Z

Reserved: 2026-04-14T14:07:59.641Z

Link: CVE-2026-40598

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Updated: 2026-05-22T21:30:15Z

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