CVE-2008-4687
manage_proj_page.php in Mantis before 1.1.4 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a sort parameter containing…
- 9.0HighCVSS base score
- 67.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.7% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
manage_proj_page.php in Mantis before 1.1.4 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a sort parameter containing PHP sequences, which are processed by create_function within the multi_sort function in core/utility_api.php.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 2 Exploit-DB entries for it. 2 references of the record are tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits5
Metasploit modules1 module
- Mantis manage_proj_page PHP Code Execution (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/multi/http/mantisbt_manage_proj_page_rceRank excellentdisclosed 16 Oct 2008
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Mantis Bug Tracker 1.1.3 - 'manage_proj_page' PHP Code Execution (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 44611remote, phppublished 10 May 2018Verified
- Mantis Bug Tracker 1.1.3 - Remote Code Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 6768webapps, phppublished 16 Oct 2008Verified
References tagged exploit2 references
- 44611 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 6768 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 67.5% · top 0.7% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
13
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=242722 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 32975 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://mantisbt.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/mantisbt/branches/BRANCH_1_1_0/mantisbt/core/utility_api.php?r1=5679&r2=5678&pathrev=5679 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 31789 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- GLSA-200812-07 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- http://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=0009704 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/changelog_page.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 44611 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 32314 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20081019 CVE request: mantisbt < 1.1.4: RCE (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 6768 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- mantis-sort-code-execution(45942) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 4470 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-4667 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Badge for a README or a ticket
[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2008-4687)Record last updated .