CVE-2012-2691

Summary

CVECVE-2012-2691
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-06-17 03:41:41 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe mc_issue_note_update function in the SOAP API in MantisBT before 1.2.11 does not properly check privileges, which allows remote attackers with bug reporting privileges to edit arbitrary bugnotes via a SOAP request.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 0.18.0 All All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 0.19.0 All All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 0.19.0 a1 All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 0.19.0 a2 All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 0.19.0 rc1 All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 0.19.1 All All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 0.19.2 All All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 0.19.3 All All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 0.19.4 All All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 0.19.5 All All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.0.0 All All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.0.0 a1 All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.0.0 a2 All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.0.0 a3 All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.0.0 rc1 All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.0.0 rc2 All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.0.0 rc3 All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.0.0 rc4 All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.0.0 rc5 All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.0.1 All All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.0.2 All All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.0.3 All All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.0.4 All All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.0.5 All All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.0.7 All All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.0.8 All All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.0.9 All All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.1.0 All All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.1.0 a1 All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.1.0 a2 All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.1.0 a3 All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.1.0 a4 All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.1.0 rc1 All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.1.0 rc2 All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.1.0 rc3 All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.1.1 All All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.1.2 All All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.1.3 All All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.1.4 All All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.1.5 All All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.1.6 All All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.1.7 All All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.1.8 All All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.1.9 All All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.2.0 All All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.2.0 alpha1 All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.2.0 alpha2 All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.2.0 alpha3 All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.2.0 rc1 All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.2.0 rc2 All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.2.1 All All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.2.2 All All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.2.3 All All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.2.4 All All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.2.5 All All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.2.6 All All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.2.7 All All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.2.8 All All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt 1.2.9 All All All
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
mc_issue_note_update passing wrong param to access check function · mantisbt/mantisbt@175d973 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Exploit, Patch
Malformed Request af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
oss-security - Re: CVE requests (x2) for Mantis Bug Tracker (MantisBT) before 1.2.11 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Security Advisory SA49414 - MantisBT SOAP API Bugnotes Security Bypass Security Issue - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Fix #14340: Reporters can use SOAP to update bugnotes without permission · mantisbt/mantisbt@edc8142 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Exploit, Patch
[SECURITY] Fedora 16 Update: mantis-1.2.12-1.fc16 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
oss-security - CVE requests (x2) for Mantis Bug Tracker (MantisBT) before 1.2.11 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
0014340: Reporters can update notes of other users by using SOAP API - MantisBT af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mantisbt.org
Security Advisory SA51199 - Gentoo update for MantisBT - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- MantisBT: Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Change Log - MantisBT af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mantisbt.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 18 Update: mantis-1.2.12-1.fc18 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
MantisBT SOAP API CVE-2012-2691 Security Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: mantis-1.2.12-1.fc17 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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