CSV Injection Affecting mantisbt/mantisbt package, versions <2.25.3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.2% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PHP-MANTISBTMANTISBT-10307113
  • published6 Jun 2025
  • disclosed15 Apr 2022
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 15 Apr 2022

CVE-2021-43257  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-1236  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade mantisbt/mantisbt to version 2.25.3 or higher.

Overview

mantisbt/mantisbt is a mantis bug tracker.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to CSV Injection through the csv_export.php API. An attacker can execute arbitrary code or access sensitive information by embedding malicious formulas in the CSV content that is executed when the file is opened in applications like Microsoft Excel.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1