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Mantis Multiple Flaws (2)

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Checks for the version of Mantis

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Summary :

The remote web server contains a PHP application that is affected by
multiple vulnerabilties.

Description :

According to its banner, the remote version of Mantis contains
multiple flaws that may permit a possible hacker to use it to perform a mass
emailing, to inject HTML tags in the remote pages, or to execute
arbitrary commands on the remote host if PHP's 'register_globals'
setting is enabled.

See also :

http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=109312225727345&w=2
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=109313416727851&w=2

Solution :

Upgrade to Mantis 0.18.3 or 0.19.0a2 or newer.

Network Security Threat Level:

Medium / CVSS Base Score : 6
(AV:R/AC:H/Au:NR/C:P/A:P/I:P/B:N)

Networks Security ID: 10993, 10994, 10995

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