CVE-2005-2557

Mantis 0.19.0a1-1.0.0a3 - Cross-Site Scripting via view_all_set.php dir Parameter

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2005-2557. PoCs published by anonymous.

AI-analyzed exploit summary The provided text describes multiple input validation vulnerabilities in Mantis, including XSS, HTML injection, and variable poisoning. It includes example URLs demonstrating these vulnerabilities but does not contain executable exploit code.

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in view_all_set.php in Mantis 0.19.0a1 through 1.0.0a3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the dir parameter, as identified by bug#0005959, and a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-3090.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by anonymous · textwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/26172

The provided text describes multiple input validation vulnerabilities in Mantis, including XSS, HTML injection, and variable poisoning. It includes example URLs demonstrating these vulnerabilities but does not contain executable exploit code.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Xss | Info Leak
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: Mantis (version not specified)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to the target Mantis application
mistral-large-3 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (7)

Core 7
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-778
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21958
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/16506
Exploit, Patch vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14604
Patch, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200509-16.xml
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://www.mantisbt.org/changelog.php
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112786017426276&w=2

Scores

EPSS 0.0258
EPSS Percentile 83.4%

Details

Status published
Products (11)
debian/debian_linux 3.1 (13 CPE variants)
gentoo/linux
mantis/mantis 0.19.0
mantis/mantis 0.19.0_rc1
mantis/mantis 0.19.0a1
mantis/mantis 0.19.0a2
mantis/mantis 0.19.1
mantis/mantis 0.19.2
mantis/mantis 1.0.0a1
mantis/mantis 1.0.0a2
... and 1 more
Published Sep 28, 2005
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026