# CVE-2012-2691: The mc\_issue\_note\_update function in the SOAP API in MantisBT before 1.2.11 does not properly check privileges, which allows remote attacker

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2012-06-17 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The mc_issue_note_update function in the SOAP API in MantisBT before 1.2.11 does not properly check privileges, which allows remote attackers with bug reporting privileges to edit arbitrary bugnotes via a SOAP request.

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## References

- http://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=14340
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/093063.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56467
- https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/175d973105fe9f03a37ced537b742611631067e0
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201211-01.xml
- https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/edc8142bb8ac0ac0df1a3824d78c15f4015d959e
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49414
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/11/6
- http://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/changelog_page.php?version_id=148
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51199
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/093064.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53907
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/09/1
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/092926.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76180

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