VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2014-8598

medium
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
7.4

Description

The XML Import/Export plugin in MantisBT 1.2.x does not restrict access, which allows remote attackers to (1) upload arbitrary XML files via the import page or (2) obtain sensitive information via the export page. NOTE: this issue can be combined with CVE-2014-7146 to execute arbitrary PHP code.

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-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
VendorProductVersionsFixed
mantisbtmantisbt{"endIncluding":"1.2.17"}

References

CWEs

CWE-19

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

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