MantisBT Bugnote Revision Page Leaks Private Issue Metadata After Issue Access Is Revoked
Priority MEDIUM 63CWE-200Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-200.
Summary
Mantis Bug Tracker (MantisBT) is an open source issue tracker. Versions 2.28.1 and prior allow a bugnote author to access the note's Revisions page after losing access to the parent private issue. This issue has been fixed in version 2.28.2.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00372 31st 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
- Poc
- Automatable
- Yes
- 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-crmx-4p49-46m2 |
- 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-crmx-4p49-46m2
Remediation
- Fix · CNA mantisbt (mantisbt) Fixed in 2.28.2
- Fix · GHSA-crmx-4p49-46m2 mantisbt/mantisbt (Packagist) Fixed in 2.28.2 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-34970
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-crmx-4p49-46m2
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-2026-25495 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
- TI-2025-38760 MantisBT unauthorized disclosure of private project column configuration CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.3
Sources
- CVE-2026-34970 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-34970 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-crmx-4p49-46m2 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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