# CVE-2015-1042: Open redirect in n/a

> Remote attackers can redirect users to malicious sites via crafted URLs in the login page, facilitating phishing attacks against MantisBT users.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.8 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 10 Feb 2015
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-63qw-955w-2x9f

## What is CVE-2015-1042?

CVE-2015-1042 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mantisbt Mantisbt, published on 10 Feb 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The string_sanitize_url function in core/string_api.php in MantisBT 1.2.0a3 through 1.2.18 uses an incorrect regular expression, which allows remote attackers to conduct open redirect and phishing attacks via a URL with a ":/" (colon slash) separator in the return parameter to login_page.php, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-6316.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-1042?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Mantisbt Mantisbt.

## How do I fix CVE-2015-1042?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-1042 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2015-1042 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-1042 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [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-2015-1042 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2015-1042 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mantisbt Mantisbt, published on 10 Feb 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-1042 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-2015-1042/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-1042/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1042
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1042
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-1042

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-1042/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.