CVE-2016-6837

Publication date 10 January 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MantisBT Filter API in MantisBT versions before 1.2.19, and versions 2.0.0-beta1, 1.3.0-beta1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the 'view_type' parameter.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
mantis	17.04 zesty	Not in release
	16.10 yakkety	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored end of life

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
mantis	Upstream: 7086c2d

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	6.1 · Medium
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Changed
Confidentiality	Low
Integrity impact	Low
Availability impact	None
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N