mantis: bug title and status leak to unauthorized users
Published Oct 22, 2008
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 11.71%
Description
core/string_api.php in Mantis before 1.1.3 does not check the privileges of the viewer before composing a link with issue data in the source anchor, which allows remote attackers to discover an issue's title and status via a request with a modified issue number.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 1.1.3
- 0.19.3
- 0.19.4
- 1.0.1
- 1.0.2
- 1.0.3
- 1.0.4
- 1.0.5
- 1.0.6
- 1.0.7
- 1.0.8
- 1.1.1
- 1.1.2
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 11.71% (0.11709) | 95.95th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 11.71% (0.11709) | 95.51th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| May 28, 2025 | 5.34% (0.05344) | 89.54th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.54% (0.01544) | 80.10th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Feb 16, 2025 | 7.41% (0.07413) | 94.14th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.74% (0.00744) | 81.58th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.48% (0.00485) | 75.28th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.48% (0.00485) | 72.26th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 72.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Mar 2, 2023 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 72.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 70.87th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 49.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (12)
- http://mantisbt.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/mantisbt/branches/BRANCH_1_1_0/mantisbt/core/string_api.php?r1=5285&r2=5384&pathrev=5384 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32243 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32975 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200812-07.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/changelog_page.php x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=9321 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/20/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31868 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-4688 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=467675 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4688
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4688
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://mantisbt.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/mantisbt/branches/BRANCH_1_1_0/mantisbt/core/string_api.php?r1=5285&r2=5384&pathrev=5384 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/32243 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/32975 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200812-07.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| http://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/changelog_page.php | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=9321 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/20/1 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31868 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-4688 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=467675 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4688 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4688 |
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