CVE-2026-34390
MediumCVSS 5.1Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk35th percentile - higher than 35% of all known CVEs
Summary
In Mantis Bug Tracker (MantisBT) versions 2.28.1 and prior, a privilege escalation vulnerability exists. Users with manage_project_threshold access level (manager by default) can grant project-level administrator access to any user in any project they manage. The issue has been fixed in version 2.28.2.
Risk Assessment
The organization is at risk of unauthorized privilege escalation within a project, which could lead to uncontrolled changes in project configuration, though it does not grant access to global administrative functions.
Recommendation
Update MantisBT to version 2.28.2 or later, which contains the fix.
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CAPTCHA bypass vulnerability in MantisBT before version 1.2.19.
- CVE-2017-7615High
MantisBT through 2.3.0 allows arbitrary password reset and unauthenticated admin access via an empty confirm_hash value to verify.php.
- CVE-2014-9572High
MantisBT before 1.2.19 and 1.3.x before 1.3.0-beta.2 does not properly restrict access to /*/install.php, allowing remote attackers to obtain database credentials via the install parameter with the value 4.
- CVE-2014-9280High
The current_user_get_bug_filter function in core/current_user_api.php in MantisBT before 1.2.18 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via the filter parameter.
- CVE-2014-9089High
Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in MantisBT before version 1.2.18 in view_all_bug_page.php allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the sort or dir parameter to view_all_set.php.
- CVE-2014-8554High
SQL injection vulnerability in the mc_project_get_attachments function in api/soap/mc_project_api.php in MantisBT before 1.2.18 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the project_id parameter.
- CVE-2014-1609High
Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in MantisBT before version 1.2.16 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via unspecified parameters in various API functions.
- CVE-2026-47156Critical
MantisBT versions 2.28.3 and earlier contain a critical authentication bypass in the SOAP API's mci_check_login() function. Any user knowing any valid cookie_string can authenticate as any other user (knowing their username), including the administrator, without knowing the target's password. The vulnerability is exploitable with zero prior access on default installations because self-registration is enabled by default.
- CVE-2026-44657High
Mantis Bug Tracker (MantisBT) prior to version 2.28.2 contains a vulnerability that allows code execution by an attacker. By using the show_inline=1 parameter and a valid file_show_inline_token CSRF token on file_download.php, an attacker can upload a crafted XHTML attachment referencing a JavaScript attachment.
- CVE-2026-44655High
In Mantis Bug Tracker (MantisBT) versions 1.3.0 through 2.28.1, an unescaped Project Name allows an attacker with manager or administrator privileges to inject HTML on the Move Attachments admin page. This vulnerability is fixed in version 2.28.2.
Original NVD description (English source)
Mantis Bug Tracker (MantisBT) is an open source issue tracker. Versions 2.28.1 and prior have a Privilege Escalation vulnerability where insufficient access control checks in ProjectUsersAddCommand (manage_proj_user_add.php) allow users having manage_project_threshold access level (manager by default) to grant project-level administrator access to any user (including themselves) in any Project they have manager rights in. The normal project-user add form restricts the selectable access levels to the actor's own project role or below. However, the backend handler still accepts a forged higher access_level value and writes it. The consequences of the privilege escalation are slight, as having administrator access at Project level is effectively not very different from being manager, and it does not actually give administrator privileges on the whole MantisBT instance. In particular, it does not let the upgraded user delete the Project or grant them any access to global administrative functions such as managing Users, Projects, Plugins, Custom Fields, etc. This issue has been fixed in version 2.28.2.
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