Mantis Bug Tracker (MantisBT) is an open source issue tracker. From 1.3.0 to 2.28.1, unescaped Project Name allows an attacker that can set it (which typically requires manager or administrator access level) to inject HTML in Move Attachments admin page. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.28.2.

Metrics

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High

Vulnerable System Availability Impact High

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

No CVSS v3.1

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No CVSS v2

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References
Link Providers
https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/5cb4b469295889f5d2b01677c9bf82c143e0fdaa cve-icon
https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/security/advisories/GHSA-7mqj-8gj2-cg59 cve-icon
History

Thu, 28 May 2026 20:45:00 +0000

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Description Mantis Bug Tracker (MantisBT) is an open source issue tracker. From 1.3.0 to 2.28.1, unescaped Project Name allows an attacker that can set it (which typically requires manager or administrator access level) to inject HTML in Move Attachments admin page. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.28.2.
Title MantisBT: Stored XSS on Move Attachments Admin Page
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-28T20:27:02.724Z

Reserved: 2026-05-07T15:30:10.876Z

Link: CVE-2026-44655

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