CVE 7.2 HIGH

MantisBT: Private Bugnote Attachment Content Leak via REST API_CVE-2026-42071

7.2 / 10
HIGH
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Description

Mantis Bug Tracker (MantisBT) is an open source issue tracker. From 2.23.0 to 2.28.1, a missing authorization check in MantisBT's file visibility function allows any authenticated user (REPORTER+) to download attachments on private bugnotes they should not be able to access, via the REST API endpoint GET /api/rest/issues/{id}/files and SOAP API mc_issue_attachment_get endpoint. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.28.2.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-42071
Source GitHub_M
Published May 28, 2026 at 20:29

Affected Product

Vendor mantisbt
Product mantisbt
Version >= 2.23.0, < 2.28.2
Affected Versions mantisbt mantisbt >= 2.23.0, < 2.28.2

CWE Classification

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