CVE-2008-4688

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 11.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-10-22 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

core/string_api.php in Mantis before 1.1.3 does not check the privileges of the viewer before composing a link with issue data in the source anchor, which allows remote attackers to discover an issue's title and status via a request with a modified issue number.

Affected products

mantis: through 1.1.3; 0.19.3, 0.19.4, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.4 (+6)

References

http://mantisbt.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/mantisbt/branches/BRANCH_1_1_0/mantisbt/core/string_api.php?r1=5285&r2=5384&pathrev=5384
http://secunia.com/advisories/32243
http://secunia.com/advisories/32975
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200812-07.xml
http://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/changelog_page.php
http://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=9321
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/20/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31868
http://mantisbt.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/mantisbt/branches/BRANCH_1_1_0/mantisbt/core/string_api.php?r1=5285&r2=5384&pathrev=5384
http://secunia.com/advisories/32243
http://secunia.com/advisories/32975
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200812-07.xml

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