High severity · published Feb 20, 2024
CVE-2024-23830
MantisBT Host Header Injection vulnerability
8.3
CVSS
1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
MantisBT is an open source issue tracker. Prior to version 2.26.1, an unauthenticated attacker who knows a user's email address and username can hijack the user's account by poisoning the link in the password reset notification message. A patch is available in version 2.26.1. As a workaround, define `$g_path` as appropriate in `config_inc.php`.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.0% · higher than 61% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MA
mantisbt · mantisbt
< 2.26.1 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-23830
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-23830
Patch
https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/7055731d09ff12b2781410a372f790172e279744
Patch
https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/security/advisories/GHSA-mcqj-7p29-9528
Exploit
https://mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=19381
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