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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.0

CVE-2008-4687 in the critical feed json

manage_proj_page.php in Mantis before 1.1.4 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a sort parameter containing PHP…

published 2008-10-22 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-4667

cvss
9.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
67.5%
EPSS 67.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.3%
public exploits
3
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2008-4687 updated

mantis: code execution by registered users via sort parameter to manage_proj_page.php

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/multi/http/mantisbt_manage_proj_page_rce)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

67.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.3% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 9.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.