CVE-2026-40596

MantisBT is vulnerable to XSS and potential account takeover via user font family preference update

Published May 22, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 7.2 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-j3v9-553h-x28j MantisBT is Vulnerable to XSS leading to account takeover via updating a user's font family preference
History
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First Time appeared Mantisbt
Mantisbt mantisbt
Vendors & Products Mantisbt
Mantisbt mantisbt
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Description 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.
Title MantisBT is vulnerable to XSS and potential account takeover via user font family preference update
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.2, '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'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
May 22, 2026, 8:10 PM
Reserved
Apr 14, 2026, 2:07 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
May 22, 2026, 8:16 PM
Modified
Jul 23, 2026, 4:10 PM