CVE-2026-40596
Mantis Bug Tracker (MantisBT) is an open source issue tracker. Versions 2.11.0 through 2.28.1 allow any authenticated user to inject arbitrary HTML by updating their account's font family. Upon exploitation, an XSS payload would be reflected on every MantisBT page. Leveraging another vulnerability (CSP bypass, see GHSA-9c3j-xm6v-j7j3), the attacker could achieve account takeover. This issue has been fixed in version 2.28.2.
CVSS
- Versión: 4.0
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:L/VA:L/SC:H/SI:H/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- Puntuación base: 7.2
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.50%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 41
- Fecha de la puntuación: 4/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
🎯 Técnicas ATT&CK
Cómo se explota esta vulnerabilidad y qué consigue el atacante, en el lenguaje de MITRE ATT&CK.
- Explotación
T1189Drive-by Compromiseinitial access95 % - Impacto principal
T1059.007JavaScriptexecution90 % - Impacto secundario
T1098.001Additional Cloud Credentialspersistence · privilege escalation75 %
XSS en parámetro de fuente (font family) reflejado en todas las páginas. CWE-79 + UI:P confirma interacción. Con CSP bypass mencionado, permite takeover de cuenta (T1098.001).
Inferido por nuestro agente de análisis a partir de la descripción oficial, el vector CVSS y la CWE, y comprobado por un supervisor. Puede contener errores.
🛡️ Mitigaciones ATT&CK que cubren estas técnicas
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
⚠ Inferidas por IA a partir de la descripción — NVD aún no ha analizado esta CVE; no son CPE verificados.
CWE
- CWE-79
Referencias
- https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/9e8409cdd979eba86ef532756fc47c1d8112d22d
- https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/security/advisories/GHSA-9c3j-xm6v-j7j3
- https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/security/advisories/GHSA-j3v9-553h-x28j
- https://mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=37011
- https://mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=37016
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