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GHSA-J3V9-553H-X28J

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-05-11 19:34 – Updated: 2026-06-08 23:20

Summary

MantisBT is Vulnerable to XSS leading to account takeover via updating a user's font family preference

Details

Any authenticated user can inject arbitrary HTML via updating their account's font family.

Impact

Cross-site scripting. The injected payload will be reflected in every MantisBT page.

Leveraging another vulnerability (CSP bypass, see GHSA-9c3j-xm6v-j7j3), the attacker could achieve account takeover.

Patches

9e8409cdd979eba86ef532756fc47c1d8112d22d

Workarounds

None

Credits

Thanks to siunam (Tang Cheuk Hei) for discovering and responsibly reporting the issue.

Severity

7.2 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:L/VA:L/SC:H/SI:H/SA:L

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  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "last_known_affected_version_range": "\u003c= 2.28.1"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Packagist",
        "name": "mantisbt/mantisbt"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "2.11.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.28.2"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-40596"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-79"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2026-05-11T19:34:38Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-05-22T20:16:34Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "Any authenticated user can inject arbitrary HTML via updating their account\u0027s font family.\n\n### Impact\nCross-site scripting.\nThe injected payload will be reflected in every MantisBT page.\n\nLeveraging another vulnerability (CSP bypass, see [GHSA-9c3j-xm6v-j7j3](https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/security/advisories/GHSA-9c3j-xm6v-j7j3)), the attacker could achieve account takeover.\n\n### Patches\n- 9e8409cdd979eba86ef532756fc47c1d8112d22d\n\n### Workarounds\nNone\n\n### Credits\nThanks to siunam (Tang Cheuk Hei) for discovering and responsibly reporting the issue.",
  "id": "GHSA-j3v9-553h-x28j",
  "modified": "2026-06-08T23:20:17Z",
  "published": "2026-05-11T19:34:38Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/security/advisories/GHSA-9c3j-xm6v-j7j3"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/security/advisories/GHSA-j3v9-553h-x28j"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-40596"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/9e8409cdd979eba86ef532756fc47c1d8112d22d"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=37011"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=37016"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:L/VA:L/SC:H/SI:H/SA:L",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "MantisBT is Vulnerable to XSS leading to account takeover via updating a user\u0027s font family preference"
}

CVE-2026-40596 (GCVE-0-2026-40596)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-22 19:25 – Updated: 2026-05-22 20:10

Title

MantisBT is vulnerable to XSS and potential account takeover via user font family preference update

Summary

Mantis Bug Tracker (MantisBT) is an open source issue tracker. Versions 2.11.0 through 2.28.1 allow any authenticated user to inject arbitrary HTML by updating their account's font family. Upon exploitation, an XSS payload would be reflected on every MantisBT page. Leveraging another vulnerability (CSP bypass, see GHSA-9c3j-xm6v-j7j3), the attacker could achieve account takeover. This issue has been fixed in version 2.28.2.

Severity

7.2 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:L/VA:L/SC:H/SI:H/SA:L

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-05-22 20:10 UTC

CWE

CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Assigner

GitHub_M CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard C 72/100 over 7628 records in the last 180 days details

References

5 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/security/adv…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/security/adv…	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/9e840…	x_refsource_MISC
https://mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=37011	x_refsource_MISC
https://mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=37016	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
mantisbt	mantisbt	Affected: >= 2.11.0, < 2.28.2

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