# CVE-2012-1123: The mci\_check\_login function in api/soap/mc\_api.php in the SOAP API in MantisBT before 1.2.9 allows remote attackers to bypass authenticatio

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2012-06-29 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The mci_check_login function in api/soap/mc_api.php in the SOAP API in MantisBT before 1.2.9 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via a null password.

## What to do

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52313
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/093063.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2500
- https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/f5106be52cf6aa72c521f388e4abb5f0de1f1d7f
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201211-01.xml
- http://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=13901
- http://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/changelog_page.php?version_id=140
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49572
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51199
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/093064.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/06/9
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/092926.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48258

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