Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key Affecting mantisbt/mantisbt package, versions >=2.28.0, <2.28.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.34% (26th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PHP-MANTISBTMANTISBT-16642105
  • published12 May 2026
  • disclosed11 May 2026
  • creditshukla304

Introduced: 11 May 2026

CVE-2026-33052  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-639  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade mantisbt/mantisbt to version 2.28.2 or higher.

Overview

mantisbt/mantisbt is a mantis bug tracker.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key in the user_id parameter during the profile creation process. An attacker can gain unauthorized access to create global profiles by tampering with this parameter in a valid request.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1