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CVE-2026-42071GHSA-PW5X-2MF9-3XC8

MantisBT: Private Bugnote Attachment Content Leak via REST API

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 2.28.2
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: yes
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

Mantis Bug Tracker (MantisBT) is an open source issue tracker. From 2.23.0 to 2.28.1, a missing authorization check in MantisBT's file visibility function allows any authenticated user (REPORTER+) to download attachments on private bugnotes they should not be able to access, via the REST API endpoint GET /api/rest/issues/{id}/files and SOAP API mc_issue_attachment_get endpoint. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.28.2.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • mantisbt mantisbt

    From 2.23.0 · fixed in 2.28.2

  • mantisbt/mantisbtPackagist

    From 2.23.0 · fixed in 2.28.2

References 5

GitHub · mantisbt/mantisbt

mantisbt.org