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CVE-2018-9839

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2019-06-06 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

An issue was discovered in MantisBT through 1.3.14, and 2.0.0. Using a crafted request on bug_report_page.php (modifying the 'm_id' parameter), any user with REPORTER access or above is able to view any private issue's details (summary, description, steps to reproduce, additional information) when cloning it. By checking the 'Copy issue notes' and 'Copy attachments' checkboxes and completing the clone operation, this data also becomes public (except private notes).

Affected products

• mantisbt: through 1.3.14; 2.0.0

References

• https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/1fbcd9bca2f2c77cb61624d36ddee4b3802c38ea
• https://mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=24221
• https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/1fbcd9bca2f2c77cb61624d36ddee4b3802c38ea
• https://mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=24221

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