MantisBT may expose private issues' summaries to unauthorized users

MEDIUM 4.3CVE-2023-22476 · GHSA-hf4x-6h87-hm79 · Published 23/02/2023 · updated 17/06/2026

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
mantisbt/mantisbt Packagist	`< 2.25.6`	`2.25.6`
mantisbt mantisbt	`< 2.25.6`	`2.25.6`

Description

Impact

Due to insufficient access-level checks, any logged-in user allowed to perform Group Actions can get access to the Summary field of private Issues (i.e. having Private view status, or belonging to a private Project) via a crafted bug_arr[] parameter in bug_actiongroup_ext.php.

Patches

The vulnerability has been fixed in MantisBT version 2.25.6.

Workarounds

None

Credits

Thanks to d3vpoo1 for reporting the issue.

References

https://mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=31086

NVD description

Mantis Bug Tracker (MantisBT) is an open source issue tracker. In versions prior to 2.25.6, due to insufficient access-level checks, any logged-in user allowed to perform Group Actions can access to the _Summary_ field of private Issues (i.e. having Private view status, or belonging to a private Project) via a crafted `bug_arr[]` parameter in *bug_actiongroup_ext.php*. This issue is fixed in version 2.25.6. There are no workarounds.

References

mantisbt/mantisbt security advisory · WEB
mantisbt/mantisbt · PACKAGE
mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php · WEB
mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php · Exploit

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