# CVE-2012-5523: core/email\_api.php in MantisBT before 1.2.12 does not properly manage the sending of e-mail notifications about restricted bugs, which might

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2012-11-16 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

core/email_api.php in MantisBT before 1.2.12 does not properly manage the sending of e-mail notifications about restricted bugs, which might allow remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information by adding a note to a bug before losing permission to view that bug.

## What to do

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## References

- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/093063.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56520
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80070
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/14/1
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/093064.html
- http://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/changelog_page.php?version_id=150
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/092926.html
- http://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=14704

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