# CVE-2026-41897: MantisBT: Reflected XSS in Rendering Dynamic Custom Textarea Field

- Also known as: GHSA-J7V9-F46R-2RP4
- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.28.2
- Published: 2026-05-28 · Updated: 2026-05-30

## Affected

- mantisbt: from 1.0.0, fixed in 2.28.2
- mantisbt/mantisbt (Packagist): from 1.0.0, fixed in 2.28.2

## Description

Mantis Bug Tracker (MantisBT) is an open source issue tracker. From 1.0.0 to 2.28.1, lack of validation of filter_target parameter on return_dynamic_filters.php (normally used as an AJAX in View Issues Page) allows an attacker to inject arbitrary HTML if the target is a TEXTAREA custom field. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.28.2.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on mantisbt, mantisbt/mantisbt, upgrade to a fixed version (2.28.2) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/security/advisories/GHSA-j7v9-f46r-2rp4
- https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/c885af13f0b8596714ffe11df757c09f35fbd8f4
- https://mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=37013

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