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TI-2023-08725 Aliases CVE-2023-22476GHSA-hf4x-6h87-hm79

MantisBT: Exposure of Private issues' summary to unauthorized users

Priority MEDIUM 53CWE-200Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · None · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-200.

Summary

Mantis Bug Tracker (MantisBT) is an open source issue tracker. In versions prior to 2.25.6, due to insufficient access-level checks, any logged-in user allowed to perform Group Actions can access to the _Summary_ field of private Issues (i.e. having Private view status, or belonging to a private Project) via a crafted `bug_arr[]` parameter in *bug_actiongroup_ext.php*. This issue is fixed in version 2.25.6. There are no workarounds.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00608 49th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed mantisbt (mantisbt): 2.25.6mantisbt/mantisbt (Packagist): 2.25.6

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
mantisbtmantisbtbefore 2.25.62.25.6Patch availableCNA
—mantisbt/mantisbt (Packagist)before 2.25.62.25.6Patch availableGHSA-hf4x-6h87-hm79
  • mantisbt Vendormantisbt Affected before 2.25.6 Fixed in 2.25.6 Patch available CNA
  • mantisbt/mantisbt (Packagist) Vendor— Affected before 2.25.6 Fixed in 2.25.6 Patch available GHSA-hf4x-6h87-hm79

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:mantisbt:mantisbt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 2.25.6Vulnerablemantisbt
  • cpe:2.3:a:mantisbt:mantisbt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2.25.6 Vulnerable ·mantisbt

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA mantisbt (mantisbt) Fixed in 2.25.6
  • Fix · GHSA-hf4x-6h87-hm79 mantisbt/mantisbt (Packagist) Fixed in 2.25.6 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-22476
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hf4x-6h87-hm79

References

Exploit 1

Advisory 1

Other 2

  • TI-2017-05251 MantisBT through 2.3.0 allows arbitrary password reset and unauthenticated admin access… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • 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
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Sources

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