Incorrect Authorization Affecting mantisbt/mantisbt package, versions <2.24.3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.26% (50th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PHP-MANTISBTMANTISBT-10306104
  • published6 Jun 2025
  • disclosed24 May 2022
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 24 May 2022

CVE-2020-25781  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-863  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade mantisbt/mantisbt to version 2.24.3 or higher.

Overview

mantisbt/mantisbt is a mantis bug tracker.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Incorrect Authorization via the file_download.php process. An attacker can access private files by directly accessing the file download URLs associated with private issue notes, despite not having the required permissions to view these notes.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1