MantisBT lacks verification when changing a user's email address

Description

When a user edits their profile to change their e-mail address, the system saves it without validating that it actually belongs to the user.

Impact

This could result in storing an invalid email address, preventing the user from receiving system notifications.

Notifications sent to another person's email address could lead to information disclosure.

Patches

Fixed in 2.27.2.

Workarounds

None

Credits

Thanks to @ncrcs for discovering and reporting the issue.

Basic information

Type
reviewed
Severity
medium
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Published (advisory)
2025-11-03 20:12:18 UTC
Updated
2025-11-04 22:16:30 UTC
GitHub reviewed
2025-11-03 20:12:18 UTC
NVD published
2025-11-04

EPSS Score

Score Percentile
0.02% 6.60%

CVSS Scores

Base score Version Severity Vector
5.4 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.

Identifiers

CWEs

CWE id Name
CWE-201 Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data
CWE-345 Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity

Credits

  • ncrcs (reporter)
  • 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 < 2.27.2 2.27.2

References

cvelogic Threat Intelligence