TI-2024-15824 Aliases CVE-2024-23830 GHSA-mcqj-7p29-9528

MantisBT Host Header Injection vulnerability

LOW 38CWE-74Published 2024-02-20 · Updated 2024-08-01

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.

Summary

MantisBT is an open source issue tracker. Prior to version 2.26.1, an unauthenticated attacker who knows a user's email address and username can hijack the user's account by poisoning the link in the password reset notification message. A patch is available in version 2.26.1. As a workaround, define `$g_path` as appropriate in `config_inc.php`.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00962 61st percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix Fixed mantisbt (mantisbt): 2.26.1mantisbt/mantisbt (Packagist): 2.26.1

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
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

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
mantisbt	mantisbt	before 2.26.1	2.26.1	Patch available	CNA
—	mantisbt/mantisbt (Packagist)	before 2.26.1	2.26.1	Patch available	GHSA-mcqj-7p29-9528

mantisbt Vendormantisbt Affected before 2.26.1 Fixed in 2.26.1 Patch available CNA
mantisbt/mantisbt (Packagist) Vendor— Affected before 2.26.1 Fixed in 2.26.1 Patch available GHSA-mcqj-7p29-9528

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:mantisbt:mantisbt::::::::	before 2.26.1	Vulnerable	mantisbt

cpe:2.3:a:mantisbt:mantisbt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2.26.1 Vulnerable ·mantisbt

Remediation

Fix · CNA mantisbt (mantisbt) Fixed in 2.26.1
Fix · GHSA-mcqj-7p29-9528 mantisbt/mantisbt (Packagist) Fixed in 2.26.1 Advisory →

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-23830
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mcqj-7p29-9528

References

Exploit 1

https://mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=19381

Patch 2

Advisory 1

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-23830

Other 1

https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt

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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