# CVE-2014-9701: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MantisBT before 1.2.19 and 1.3.x before 1.3.0-beta.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2017-08-09 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MantisBT before 1.2.19 and 1.3.x before 1.3.0-beta.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the url parameter to permalink_page.php.

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## Related

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## References

- https://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=19493
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/15/2
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1202885
- https://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=17362#c40613
- https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/d95f070db852614fa18ccca6a4f12f4bffede1fd
- https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/e7e2b5503580e42db9d91e0d599d61d3ff03c27e

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