CVE-2026-44655

MantisBT: Stored XSS on Move Attachments Admin Page

HIGH
8.6
CVSS Score
Published: May 28, 2026 at 08:27 PM UTC
Updated: July 21, 2026 at 08:29 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendormantisBT

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Severity
HIGH8.6
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Mantis Bug Tracker (MantisBT) is an open source issue tracker. From 1.3.0 to 2.28.1, unescaped Project Name allows an attacker that can set it (which typically requires manager or administrator access level) to inject HTML in Move Attachments admin page. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.28.2.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 2.28.2
Affected range stops below 2.28.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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CVSS

8.6HIGHGitHub_M
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-79

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