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CVE-2020-8981

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-8981 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Source Integration plugin for MantisBT, affecting versions before 1.6.2 and 2.x before 2.3.1. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) allows for arbitrary code execution via a crafted repository name on the repo_delete.php page, provided CSP settings are permissive. While the attack complexity is low and requires user interaction, it can lead to limited confidentiality and integrity impacts. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mantisbt:source_integration:*:*:*:*:*:mantisbt:*:*
>= 2.0.0, < 2.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mantisbt:source_integration:*:*:*:*:*:mantisbt:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.1MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.07%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
61.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0107 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 26,219 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

github.com / mantisbt-plugins/source-integration/commit/270675c964c675829fe010f9f0830521dc0835f0
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / mantisbt-plugins/source-integration/issues/338
Third Party Advisory