CVE-2014-7146

Exp

The XmlImportExport plugin in MantisBT 1.2.17 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a crafted (1) description field or (2) issuelink attribute in an XML file, which is not properly handled when executing the preg_replace function with the e modifier.

Published: 2014-11-18 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-7146 is rated High Exploit Risk (78.4/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 80.39%, 99th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2014-7146

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
35283 exploit_db edb 2014-11-18 Exploit-DB ↗
41685 exploit_db edb 2014-11-18 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-7146

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 2025-04-05 81.67% 80.39% -1.28%
2 2025-03-30 82.69% 81.67% -1.02%
3 2025-03-29 — 82.69% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-7146

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-7146

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-7146

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-7146 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (mantis), 10 status rows across 10 suites (lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 7, ignored 2, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-7146

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-7146

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mantisbt mantisbt 1.2.17 cpe:2.3:a:mantisbt:mantisbt:1.2.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-7146

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