# CVE-2008-4687: manage\_proj\_page.php in Mantis before 1.1.4 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a sort parameter containing PHP

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 2 on Exploit-DB, 1 Metasploit module, 2 GitHub repos listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2008-10-22 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

manage_proj_page.php in Mantis before 1.1.4 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a sort parameter containing PHP sequences, which are processed by create_function within the multi_sort function in core/utility_api.php.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=242722
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32975
- http://mantisbt.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/mantisbt/branches/BRANCH_1_1_0/mantisbt/core/utility_api.php?r1=5679&r2=5678&pathrev=5679
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31789
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200812-07.xml
- http://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=0009704
- http://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/changelog_page.php
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44611/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32314
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/19/1
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6768
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45942
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4470
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44611
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/multi/http/mantisbt_manage_proj_page_rce.rb
- https://github.com/nmurilo/CVE-2008-4687-exploit
- https://github.com/twisted007/mantis_rce

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