CVE-2014-7146

high

Published 2014-11-18 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.5

Description

The XmlImportExport plugin in MantisBT 1.2.17 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a crafted (1) description field or (2) issuelink attribute in an XML file, which is not properly handled when executing the preg_replace function with the e modifier.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-35283 remote php verified

Metasploit · 2014-11-18

Mantis Bug Tracker 1.2.0a3 < 1.2.17 XmlImportExport Plugin - PHP Code Injection (Metasploit) (2)

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

EDB-41685 webapps multiple verified

Metasploit · 2014-11-18

Mantis Bug Tracker 1.2.0a3 < 1.2.17 XmlImportExport Plugin - PHP Code Injection (Metasploit) (1)

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Metasploit modules

exploit_multi/http/mantisbt_php_exec rank 500

MantisBT XmlImportExport Plugin PHP Code Injection Vulnerability

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
mantisbt	mantisbt	`1.2.17`

References

CWEs

CWE-20

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.