MantisBT before 1.3.11, 2.x before 2.3.3, and 2.4.x before 2.4.1 omits a backslash check in string_api.php and consequently has conflicting interpretations of an initial \/ substring as introducing either a local pathname or a remote hostname, which leads to (1) arbitrary Permalink Injection via CSRF attacks on a permalink_page.php?url= URI and (2) an open redirect via a login_page.php?return= URI
Published May 21, 2017
6.5
MEDIUMCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.36%
Description
MantisBT before 1.3.11, 2.x before 2.3.3, and 2.4.x before 2.4.1 omits a backslash check in string_api.php and consequently has conflicting interpretations of an initial \/ substring as introducing either a local pathname or a remote hostname, which leads to (1) arbitrary Permalink Injection via CSRF attacks on a permalink_page.php?url= URI and (2) an open redirect via a login_page.php?return= URI.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 1.3.10
- 2.0.0
- 2.0.1
- 2.1.0
- 2.1.1
- 2.1.2
- 2.2.0
- 2.2.2
- 2.2.3
- 2.2.4
- 2.4.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.36% (0.01359) | 70.68th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.36% (0.01359) | 67.98th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.33% (0.00325) | 53.22th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.42% (0.00417) | 74.93th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.38% (0.00383) | 72.30th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.38% (0.00383) | 68.80th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 8.94% (0.08944) | 94.01th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 8.94% (0.08944) | 93.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 8.94% (0.08944) | 83.03th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 5.36% (0.05363) | 79.74th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 5.36% (0.05363) | 79.54th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 5.36% (0.05363) | 88.35th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 5.36% (0.05363) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (10)
- http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/MANTIS-BUG-TRACKER-CSRF-PERMALINK-INJECTION.txt x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038538 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9x76-mp7r-2xc5 Advisory
- https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/2d2309a384bcd9d4b6d7d2928e8ded2c46d2d7b0
- https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/8b6787c8d321ee0ced5fb74ac3f34b67b4b7b26c
- https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/c4f50e5df6b189abb1d717a5f7dbab5cbfef8165
- https://mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=22702 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=22816 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7620
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42043 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBThird Party Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/MANTIS-BUG-TRACKER-CSRF-PERMALINK-INJECTION.txt | x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038538 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9x76-mp7r-2xc5 | Advisory | |
| https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/2d2309a384bcd9d4b6d7d2928e8ded2c46d2d7b0 | ||
| https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/8b6787c8d321ee0ced5fb74ac3f34b67b4b7b26c | ||
| https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/c4f50e5df6b189abb1d717a5f7dbab5cbfef8165 | ||
| https://mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=22702 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking | |
| https://mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=22816 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7620 | ||
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42043 | exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBThird Party Advisory |
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