Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2008-0404 is a cross-site scripting flaw in Mantis before 1.1.1. A remote attacker could inject script or HTML through data shown in the “Most active bugs” summary, potentially affecting users who view that page. The main business risk is account or session abuse in legacy issue-tracking deployments. Exposure is likely limited to organizations still running Mantis before 1.1.1, especially internet-facing or broadly accessible internal issue trackers. The affected product metadata in the bundle is incomplete, so teams should verify version evidence directly from their deployments or package records. Treat this as a legacy cleanup item unless vulnerable Mantis is exposed to untrusted users. Prioritize internet-facing or high-trust issue trackers because XSS can compromise user sessions and internal data. Mitigation focus: Upgrade Mantis deployments to version 1.1.1 or later.; Use Fedora or vendor packages that include the 2008 security fix.; Restrict access to legacy Mantis instances until upgraded..
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- FEDORA-2008-0856CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- mantis-mostactive-xss(39801)CVE reference · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
- FEDORA-2008-0796CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=429552CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
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