MantisBT authorization bypass allows continued access to self-uploaded attachments on private issues

published 2026-05-11 5 mo ago modified 2026-09-10 1 mo ago also GHSA-rmp5-5jj7-gmvf , EUVD-2026-31004

cvss: 5.3; version 4.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 30%
public exploits: 0; none known

Mantis Bug Tracker (MantisBT) is an open source issue tracker. Versions 2.28.1 and prior permit a user to list and download their own attachments from an Issue created by another user even after it becomes private, bypassing read access revocation. The loss of confidentiality caused by this vulnerability is minimal, considering that only attachments previously uploaded by the user themselves remain accessible. This issue has been fixed in version 2.82.2.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 links 1

packagist mantisbt/mantisbt 2.28.2

github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt@de7bdee commit

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 5 mo ago (2026-05-20)

Exploit prediction

0.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 30% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	4.0	5.3	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CNA	4.0	5.3	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
packagist	mantisbt/mantisbt	<2.28.2	2.28.2

Affected products

mantisbt mantisbt

Classification

Weakness

CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CWE-281 Improper Preservation of Permissions

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.

Summary