TI-2017-05251 Aliases CVE-2017-7615 GHSA-252r-f55f-ff34

MantisBT through 2.3.0 allows arbitrary password reset and unauthenticated admin access…

HIGH 81CWE-640Published 2017-04-16 · Updated 2024-08-05

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-640.

Summary

MantisBT through 2.3.0 allows arbitrary password reset and unauthenticated admin access via an empty confirm_hash value to verify.php.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.91196 99th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 3 exploit referencesTagged by the CNA and NVD

Fix Fixed mantisbt/mantisbt (Packagist): 1.3.10, 2.2.4, 2.3.1

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA
—	mantisbt/mantisbt (Packagist)	1.3.0-rc.2 to before 1.3.10	1.3.10	Patch available	GHSA-252r-f55f-ff34
—	mantisbt/mantisbt (Packagist)	2.0.0 to before 2.2.4	2.2.4	Patch available	GHSA-252r-f55f-ff34
—	mantisbt/mantisbt (Packagist)	2.3.0 to before 2.3.1	2.3.1	Patch available	GHSA-252r-f55f-ff34

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
mantisbt/mantisbt (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 1.3.0-rc.2 to before 1.3.10 Fixed in 1.3.10 Patch available GHSA-252r-f55f-ff34
mantisbt/mantisbt (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 2.0.0 to before 2.2.4 Fixed in 2.2.4 Patch available GHSA-252r-f55f-ff34
mantisbt/mantisbt (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 2.3.0 to before 2.3.1 Fixed in 2.3.1 Patch available GHSA-252r-f55f-ff34

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:mantisbt:mantisbt::::::::	up to 2.3.0	Vulnerable	mantisbt

cpe:2.3:a:mantisbt:mantisbt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 2.3.0 Vulnerable ·mantisbt

Remediation

Fix · GHSA-252r-f55f-ff34 mantisbt/mantisbt (Packagist) Fixed in 1.3.10 Advisory →
Fix · GHSA-252r-f55f-ff34 mantisbt/mantisbt (Packagist) Fixed in 2.2.4 Advisory →
Fix · GHSA-252r-f55f-ff34 mantisbt/mantisbt (Packagist) Fixed in 2.3.1 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product

Red Hat

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-7615
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-252r-f55f-ff34

References

Exploit 3

Patch 1

https://mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=22690

Advisory 2

Other 2

TI-2014-05966 The XmlImportExport plugin in MantisBT 1.2.17 and earlier allows remote attackers to… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
TI-2025-38760 MantisBT unauthorized disclosure of private project column configuration CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.3
TI-2017-04981 A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the MantisBT Configuration Report page… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 4.8
TI-2019-11797 MantisBT before 1.3.20 and 2.22.1 allows Post Authentication Command Injection, leading to Remote Code Execution. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
TI-2014-07063 The XML Import/Export plugin in MantisBT 1.2.x does not restrict access, which allows… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.4
TI-2023-08725 MantisBT: Exposure of Private issues' summary to unauthorized users CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3

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Sources

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