CVE-2026-41897

MantisBT: Reflected XSS in Rendering Dynamic Custom Textarea Field

Published: May 28, 2026Updated: May 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-79

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Description

Mantis Bug Tracker (MantisBT) is an open source issue tracker. From 1.0.0 to 2.28.1, lack of validation of filter_target parameter on return_dynamic_filters.php (normally used as an AJAX in View Issues Page) allows an attacker to inject arbitrary HTML if the target is a TEXTAREA custom field. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.28.2.

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

Affected Products

mantisbt

oss-projectaka mantis bt

mantisbtOn-premWeb App

Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring

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References

https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/security/advisories/GHSA-j7v9-f46r-2rp4

github.com

https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/c885af13f0b8596714ffe11df757c09f35fbd8f4

github.com

https://mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=37013

mantisbt.org

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