MantisBT has a Content Security Policy bypass via attachments
Given any pre-existing XSS / HTML injection vulnerability, an attacker can bypass the Content Security Policy's _script-src_ directive by uploading a crafted attachment to any issue that, when accessed via the _file_download.php_ link, will be downloaded with a valid JavaScript MIME type resulting in script execution. The uploaded payload must be sniffed as a valid JavaScript MIME type by PHP finfo (see file_create_finfo() API function). Non-JavaScript MIME types will not get imported in a `<script>` tag by the browser, due to response header X-Content-Type-Options being set to _nosniff_, which requires all imported JavaScript files to be a valid JavaScript MIME type. ### Impact Cross-site scripting ### Patches - 9e3bee2e7b909f4e3596985892b8bc8bee9e0bfe ### Workarounds None ### Credits Thanks to siunam (Tang Cheuk Hei) for discovering and responsibly reporting the issue.
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Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-40597US | — | — | ||
Mantis Bug Tracker (MantisBT) is an open source issue tracker. In versions 2.28.1 and below, given any pre-existing XSS / HTML injection vulnerability, an attacker can bypass the C… | ||||
references
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbtPACKAGE
- https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/9e3bee2e7b909f4e3596985892b8bc8bee9e0bfeWEB
- https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/security/advisories/GHSA-9c3j-xm6v-j7j3WEB
- https://mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=37016WEB
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-40597ADVISORY
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