CVE-2008-2276

Exp

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in manage_user_create.php in Mantis 1.1.1 allows remote attackers to create new administrative users via a crafted link.

Published: 2008-05-16 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-2276 is rated High Exploit Risk (73.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.09%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.15% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-2276

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
5657 exploit_db edb 2008-05-20 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-2276

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 1.94% 3.09% +1.15%
2 2025-07-06 1.67% 1.94% +0.27%
3 2025-03-30 1.67%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-2276

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-2276

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-2276

vendor priority summary link
gentoo high CVE-2008-2276: 1 GLSA(s) (200809-10), 1 atom(s) (www-apps/mantisbt); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2008-2276
redhat low https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-2276
ubuntu medium CVE-2008-2276 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (mantis), 12 status rows across 12 suites (dapper, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, upstream): not-affected 7, ignored 4, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-2276

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-2276

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
matisbt mantis 1.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:matisbt:mantis:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-2276

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