High

MantisBT is Vulnerable to Stored XSS in Saved-Filter Owner Column

  • Disclosed: 11.05.2026
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

Incorrect escaping of a saved filter's owner allows an attacker to inject arbitrary HTML on systems where $g_show_user_realname = ON.

Impact

Cross-site scripting (XSS).

Note that By default, only users with Manager access level or above can save their filters publicly

Patches

  • 44f490bcf20fd491c1b8f3fc9dd041d8c2a30010

Workarounds

  • Prevent display of users' real name (set $g_ show_user_realname = OFF; in configuration)
  • Restrict ability to store filters (set $g_stored_query_create_threshold / $g_stored_query_create_shared_threshold to NOBODY

Credits

Thanks to siunam (Tang Cheuk Hei) for discovering and responsibly reporting the issue.

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Composer package mantisbt/mantisbt >= 2.1.0, < 2.28.2 2.28.2

References

CVSS score -
CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-79
Platform
Composer
Package
mantisbt/mantisbt
Disclosed
11.05.2026
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-f633-865q-2mhh - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: mantisbt/mantisbt

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Composer package), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

All (74) in the archive
Total entries
74
First → latest
04.2022 07.2026
Without a fix
2
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 4
  • High 20
  • Medium 49
  • Low 1

Disclosures per year

  1. 2022: 34
  2. 2023: 2
  3. 2024: 5
  4. 2025: 4
  5. 2026: 29
Severity:
  1. High CVE-2026-62944 < 2.28.4 2.28.4
  2. Critical CVE-2026-52847 < 2.28.4 2.28.4
  3. High CVE-2026-44657 < 2.28.2 2.28.2
  4. High CVE-2026-44655 >= 1.3.0, < 2.28.2 2.28.2
  5. High CVE-2026-42071 >= 2.23.0, < 2.28.2 2.28.2
  6. MantisBT is Vulnerable to Stored XSS in Saved-Filter Owner Column this entry
    High CVE-2026-40607 >= 2.1.0, < 2.28.2 2.28.2
  7. High · 6.1 CVE-2026-33548 >= 2.28.0, < 2.28.2 2.28.2
  8. High CVE-2026-33517 >= 2.28.0, < 2.28.1 2.28.1
  9. High · 8.3 CVE-2024-23830 < 2.26.1 2.26.1
  10. High · 7.2 CVE-2019-15715 < 1.3.20, >= 2.0.0, < 2.22.1 1.3.20, 2.22.1
  11. High · 8.8 CVE-2017-7615 >= 1.3.0-rc.2, < 1.3.10, >= 2.0.0, < 2.2.4, >= 2.3.0, < 2.3.1 1.3.10, 2.2.4, 2.3.1
  12. High · 7.8 CVE-2021-43257 < 2.25.3 2.25.3

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