Security advisory

{
  "id": "f5c7bcc62062f784e8df51f7f411e1a4addf878fb00d9c19c143e15e552fc5d2",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-7897",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2017-7897",
    "summary": "A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the MantisBT (2.3.x before 2.3.2) Timeline include page, used in My View (my_view_page.php) and User Information (view_user_page.php) pages, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary code (if CSP settings permit it) through crafted PATH_INFO in a URL, due to use of unsanitized $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] to generate URLs.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-7897",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2017-7897",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2017-7897",
        "GHSA-8r2m-qhff-jm2c"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0c6dde3dea2ea43d1d38f72f44834436c6dd4d74"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "27b5b292c9814a40fdd5715fa499a82e29f6f866"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "a1c719313d61b07bbe8700005807b8195fdc32f1"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:mantisbt:mantisbt:2.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "2.3.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "2.3.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:mantisbt:mantisbt:2.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "2.3.1"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "2.3.1"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  },
                  {
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "fixed": "a1c719313d61b07bbe8700005807b8195fdc32f1"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "2.3.0",
            "2.3.1",
            "release-2.3.1",
            "release-2.3.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-7897.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:49:50.983656602Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/a1c719313d61b07bbe8700005807b8195fdc32f1",
        "https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/pull/1094"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2017-7897",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 380864,
  "published_at": "2017-04-18T17:59:00.163+00:00"
}