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title: "CVE-2014-9271\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2014-9271

Publication date 9 January 2015

Last updated 25 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**5.4 · Medium**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9271?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in file\_download.php in MantisBT
before 1.2.18 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web
script or HTML via a Flash file with an image extension, related to inline
attachments, as demonstrated by a .swf.jpeg filename.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| mantis | 17.04 zesty | Not in release |
| 16.10 yakkety | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 15.10 wily | Not in release |
| 15.04 vivid | Not in release |
| 14.10 utopic | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

5.4 · Medium

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Network |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | Low |
  | User interaction | Required |
  | Scope | Changed |
  | Confidentiality impact | Low |
  | Integrity impact | Low |
  | Availability impact | None |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 5.4 · Medium |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9271)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9271)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-9271)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9271)

### Other references

* <http://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/e5fc835a>
* <http://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=17876>
* <http://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=17874>
* <http://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/9fb8cf36f>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9271>