CVE-2008-3331

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in return_dynamic_filters.php in Mantis before 1.1.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the filter_target parameter.

Published: 2008-07-27 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-3331 is rated High Exploit Risk (63/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.80%). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +3.01% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-3331

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
5657 exploit_db edb 2008-05-20 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-3331

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.79% 3.80% +3.01%
2 2025-09-16 0.68% 0.79% +0.11%
3 2025-03-30 0.68%

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-3331

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
3.5 2.0 LOW
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
6.8 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-3331

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-3331

vendor priority summary link
gentoo high CVE-2008-3331: 1 GLSA(s) (200809-10), 1 atom(s) (www-apps/mantisbt); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2008-3331
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-3331
ubuntu low CVE-2008-3331 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (mantis), 12 status rows across 12 suites (dapper, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, upstream): not-affected 7, ignored 4, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-3331

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2008-3331

Comment: http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121130774617956&w=4 "We have found an XSS vulnerability in return_dynamic_filters.php. In order to exploit this vulnerability the attacker must be authenticated. Usually the anonymous user is allowed on typical installation"

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-3331

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mantis mantis <= 1.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 0.9 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 0.9.0 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:0.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 0.9.1 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 0.10 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 0.10.0 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:0.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 0.10.1 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:0.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 0.10.2 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:0.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 0.11 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 0.11.0 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:0.11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 0.11.1 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:0.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 0.12 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 0.12.0 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:0.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 0.13 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 0.13.0 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:0.13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 0.13.1 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:0.13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 0.14 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 0.14.0 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:0.14.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 0.14.1 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:0.14.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 0.14.2 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:0.14.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 0.14.3 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:0.14.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 0.14.4 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:0.14.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 0.14.5 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:0.14.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 0.14.6 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:0.14.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 0.14.7 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:0.14.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 0.14.8 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:0.14.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 0.15 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:0.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 0.15.0 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:0.15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 0.15.1 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:0.15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 0.15.2 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:0.15.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 0.15.3 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:0.15.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 0.15.4 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:0.15.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 0.15.5 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:0.15.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 0.15.6 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:0.15.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 0.15.7 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:0.15.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 0.15.8 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:0.15.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 0.15.9 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:0.15.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 0.15.10 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:0.15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 0.15.11 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:0.15.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 0.15.12 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:0.15.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 0.16 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:0.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 0.16.0 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:0.16.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 0.16.1 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:0.16.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 0.17 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:0.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 0.17.0 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:0.17.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 0.17.1 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:0.17.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 0.17.2 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:0.17.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 0.17.3 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:0.17.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 0.17.4 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:0.17.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 0.17.4a cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:0.17.4a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 0.17.5 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:0.17.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 0.18 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:0.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 0.18.0 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:0.18.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 0.18.0_rc1 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:0.18.0_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 0.18.0a1 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:0.18.0a1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 0.18.0a2 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:0.18.0a2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 0.18.0a3 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:0.18.0a3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 0.18.0a4 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:0.18.0a4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 0.18.1 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:0.18.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 0.18.2 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:0.18.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 0.18.3 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:0.18.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 0.18a1 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:0.18a1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 0.19 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:0.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 0.19.0 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:0.19.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 0.19.0_rc1 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:0.19.0_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 0.19.0a cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:0.19.0a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 0.19.0a1 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:0.19.0a1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 0.19.0a2 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:0.19.0a2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 0.19.1 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:0.19.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 0.19.2 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:0.19.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 0.19.3 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:0.19.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 0.19.4 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:0.19.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 1.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 1.0.0_rc1 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:1.0.0_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 1.0.0_rc2 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:1.0.0_rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 1.0.0_rc3 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:1.0.0_rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 1.0.0_rc4 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:1.0.0_rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 1.0.0_rc5 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:1.0.0_rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 1.0.0a1 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:1.0.0a1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-3331

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