CVE-2014-9272 Information

Description

The string_insert_href function in MantisBT 1.2.0a1 through 1.2.x before 1.2.18 does not properly validate the URL protocol which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via the javascript:// protocol.

Reference

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/867 http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/902 http://secunia.com/advisories/62101 http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3120 https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/05378e00 https://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=17297