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CVE-2014-9572

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2015-01-26 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-284

Description

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.

Affected products

• mantisbt: through 1.2.18; 1.3.0-beta1

References

• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q1/158
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031633
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100211
• https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23243
• https://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=17937
• https://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=17939
• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q1/158
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031633
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100211
• https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23243
• https://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=17937
• https://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=17939

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