Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in MantisBT - CVE-2014-8988
Published: November 24, 2014 / Updated: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU41065
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-8988
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: mantisbt.sourceforge.net
Affected software:
MantisBT
MantisBT
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote #AU# to gain access to sensitive information.
MantisBT before 1.2.18 allows remote authenticated users to bypass the $g_download_attachments_threshold and $g_view_attachments_threshold restrictions and read attachments for private projects by leveraging access to a project that does not restrict access to attachments and a request to the download URL.
How to mitigate CVE-2014-8988
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/693
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62101
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3120
- http://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=17742
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/15/6
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71104
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98731
- https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/5f0b150b