Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in MantisBT - CVE-2012-2692
Published: June 17, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU43978
CSH Severity: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-2692
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
MantisBT
MantisBT
Software vendor:
mantisbt.sourceforge.net
mantisbt.sourceforge.net
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote #AU# to manipulate or delete data.
MantisBT before 1.2.11 does not check the delete_attachments_threshold permission when form_security_validation is set to OFF, which allows remote authenticated users with certain privileges to bypass intended access restrictions and delete arbitrary attachments.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
External links
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/092926.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/093063.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/093064.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51199
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201211-01.xml
- http://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/changelog_page.php?version_id=148
- http://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=14016
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/09/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/11/6
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53921
- https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/ceafe6f0c679411b81368052633a63dd3ca06d9c