CVE-2026-41897 (GCVE-0-2026-41897)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-28 20:26 – Updated: 2026-05-28 20:26
VLAI
Title
MantisBT: Reflected XSS in Rendering Dynamic Custom Textarea Field
Summary
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.
Severity
CWE
- CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
References
3 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/security/adv… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/c885a… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=37013 | x_refsource_MISC |
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