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CVE-2022-28508

33
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-28508 is a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting MantisBT versions prior to 2.25.2, specifically within the browser_search_plugin.php component. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to inject malicious code into a hidden input field due to unescaped output of the 'return' parameter. Rated as Medium severity (CVSS 6.1), it requires user interaction and could lead to limited confidentiality and integrity impacts. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or Metasploit modules, Nuclei templates exist, and the vulnerability has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.25.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mantisbt: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
5.32%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Nuclei: CVE-2022-28508 · Apr 24, 2025
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0532 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 26,221 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 Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-wfg2-2wmw-6894medium

MantisBT vulnerable to XSS via unescaped output in browser_search_plugin.php

May 5, 2022

References

github.com / YavuzSahbaz/CVE-2022-28508/blob/main/MantisBT%202.25.2%20XSS%20vulnurability
ExploitThird Party Advisory
mantisbt.org
Vendor Advisory
sourceforge.net / projects/mantisbt
ProductThird Party Advisory