CVE-2006-6515

Mantis before 1.1.0a2 sets the default value of $g_bug_reminder_threshold to "reporter" instead of a more privileged role, which has unknown impact and attack vectors, possibly related to frequency of reminders.

Published: 2006-12-13 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-6515 is rated Moderate Risk (64/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.27%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-6515

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.38% 1.27% +0.90%
2 2025-08-02 0.33% 0.38% +0.05%
3 2025-03-30 0.33%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-6515

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-6515

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-6515

vendor priority summary link
alpine CVE-2006-6515: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-6515

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-6515

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mantis mantis <= 1.1.0a1 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 1.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 1.0.0_rc1 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:1.0.0_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 1.0.0_rc2 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:1.0.0_rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 1.0.0_rc3 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:1.0.0_rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 1.0.0_rc4 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:1.0.0_rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 1.0.0_rc5 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:1.0.0_rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 1.0.0a1 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:1.0.0a1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 1.0.0a2 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:1.0.0a2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 1.0.0a3 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:1.0.0a3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 1.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 1.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 1.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 1.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 1.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mantis mantis 1.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-6515

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