# CVE-2013-0197: Cross-site scripting in n/a

> Remote attackers can inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the match_type parameter in MantisBT search functionality, potentially leading to session hijacking or malicious actions.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 15 May 2014
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9fpq-g4r2-p8mf

## What is CVE-2013-0197?

CVE-2013-0197 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Mantisbt Mantisbt, published on 15 May 2014. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the filter_draw_selection_area2 function in core/filter_api.php in MantisBT 1.2.12 before 1.2.13 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the match_type parameter to bugs/search.php.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-0197?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Mantisbt Mantisbt.

## How do I fix CVE-2013-0197?

No fix has been published for CVE-2013-0197 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2013-0197 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-0197 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Mantisbt Mantisbt

- [CVE-2019-15074](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-15074/): MantisBT allows cross-site scripting (XSS) via crafted filename (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2026-30849](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-30849/): MantisBT SOAP API has an authentication bypass vulnerability on MySQL (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2025-47776](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-47776/): MantisBT: Authentication bypass for some passwords due to PHP type juggling (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2017-7615](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-7615/): MantisBT allows arbitrary password reset (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2026-33517](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-33517/): MantisBT Vulnerable to Stored HTML Injection in Tag Delete Confirmation (high 8.6)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2013-0197 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2013-0197 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Mantisbt Mantisbt, published on 15 May 2014. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-0197 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Mantisbt Mantisbt. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-0197/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-0197/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-0197
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-0197
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2013-0197

---
From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-0197/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.