Improper access control in MantisBT - CVE-2014-9572

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Improper access control in MantisBT - CVE-2014-9572

Published: January 26, 2015 / Updated: August 9, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU40927
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-9572
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
MantisBT
Software vendor:
mantisbt.sourceforge.net

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

MantisBT before 1.2.19 and 1.3.x before 1.3.0-beta.2 does not properly restrict access to /*/install.php, which allows remote attackers to obtain database credentials via the install parameter with the value 4.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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