MantisBT: Bugnote Revision Page Leaks Private Issue Metadata After Issue Access Is Revoked

Description

MantisBT allows a bugnote author to access the note's Revisions page after losing access to the parent private issue.

Impact

Disclosure of the private Issue's Id and Summary. The bugnote full revision body remains secure.

Patches

  • 71df1f67e05b2050cd4bd87839e6cc13747cf03f

Workarounds

None

Credits

Thanks to Vishal Shukla for discovering and responsibly reporting the issue.

Basic information

Type
reviewed
Severity
medium
Advisory on GitHub
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Published (advisory)
2026-05-11 19:33:10 UTC
Updated
2026-05-11 19:33:12 UTC
GitHub reviewed
2026-05-11 19:33:10 UTC

EPSS Score

No EPSS score in this advisory JSON.

CVSS Scores

Base score Version Severity Vector
5.3 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and stable.
Attack requirements (AT:N)
No additional preconditions are required beyond normal reachability.
Privileges required (PR:L)
Low privileges are required.
User interaction (UI:N)
No user interaction is required.
Vulnerable system confidentiality impact (VC:L)
Limited confidentiality impact on the vulnerable system.
Vulnerable system integrity impact (VI:N)
No integrity impact on the vulnerable system.
Vulnerable system availability impact (VA:N)
No availability impact on the vulnerable system.
Subsequent system confidentiality impact (SC:N)
No confidentiality impact on subsequent systems.
Subsequent system integrity impact (SI:N)
No integrity impact on subsequent systems.
Subsequent system availability impact (SA:N)
No availability impact on subsequent systems.

Identifiers

CWEs

CWE id Name
CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

Credits

  • shukla304 (finder)
  • dregad (remediation_developer)

Affected packages (1)

Vulnerable version ranges and first patched releases as published by GitHub.

Ecosystem Package Vulnerable range First patched Vulnerable functions
composer mantisbt/mantisbt <= 2.28.1 2.28.2

References

cvelogic Threat Intelligence