MantisBT allows unauthorized users to upload attachments to restricted issues via REST API
Priority LOW 20CWE-284Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-284.
Summary
Mantis Bug Tracker (MantisBT) is an open source issue tracker. Versions 2.28.1 and prior allow an authenticated user to upload attachments to private Issues they are not authorized to access. This issue has been fixed in version 2.28.2.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00248 16th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed mantisbt (mantisbt): 2.28.2mantisbt/mantisbt (Packagist): 2.28.2
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 2.28.2 | 2.28.2 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | mantisbt/mantisbt (Packagist) | before 2.28.2 | 2.28.2 | Patch available | GHSA-h4x5-gvx6-3rwc |
- mantisbt Vendormantisbt Affected before 2.28.2 Fixed in 2.28.2 Patch available CNA
- mantisbt/mantisbt (Packagist) Vendor— Affected before 2.28.2 Fixed in 2.28.2 Patch available GHSA-h4x5-gvx6-3rwc
Remediation
- Fix · CNA mantisbt (mantisbt) Fixed in 2.28.2
- Fix · GHSA-h4x5-gvx6-3rwc mantisbt/mantisbt (Packagist) Fixed in 2.28.2 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-34754
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-h4x5-gvx6-3rwc
References
More mantisbt vulnerabilities
- TI-2017-05251 MantisBT through 2.3.0 allows arbitrary password reset and unauthenticated admin access… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-29334 MantisBT has Potential Referer-Based Reflected HTML Injection / XSS in Tag Update Page CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
- TI-2014-05966 The XmlImportExport plugin in MantisBT 1.2.17 and earlier allows remote attackers to… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-27192 MantisBT Bugnote Revision Page Leaks Private Issue Metadata After Issue Access Is Revoked CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2026-25495 MantisBT: Authorization Bypass in Global Profile Creation CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2026-26676 MantisBT: Privilege Escalation from Manager to Administrator CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.1
Sources
- CVE-2026-34754 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-34754 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-h4x5-gvx6-3rwc · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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