# CVE-2013-1810: Cross-site scripting in n/a

> Authenticated managers or administrators can inject arbitrary scripts via category or project names in MantisBT, potentially leading to session hijacking or code execution.

- **Severity:** Low 2.1 (`AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **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-pgcx-jwvw-w52p

## What is CVE-2013-1810?

CVE-2013-1810 is a low-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Mantisbt Mantisbt, published on 15 May 2014. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in core/summary_api.php in MantisBT 1.2.12 allow remote authenticated users with manager or administrator permissions to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a (1) category name in the summary_print_by_category function or (2) project name in the summary_print_by_project function.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-1810?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Mantisbt Mantisbt.

## How do I fix CVE-2013-1810?

No fix has been published for CVE-2013-1810 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2013-1810 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-1810 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-2013-1810 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2013-1810 is a low-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Mantisbt Mantisbt, published on 15 May 2014. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-1810 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-2013-1810/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-1810/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-1810
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1810
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2013-1810

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-1810/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.