CVE-2015-5059

Summary

CVECVE-2015-5059
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-08-01 14:29:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionThe "Project Documentation" feature in MantisBT 1.2.19 and earlier, when the threshold to access files ($g_view_proj_doc_threshold) is set to ANYBODY, allows remote authenticated users to download attachments linked to arbitrary private projects via a file id number in the file_id parameter to file_download.php.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 5.3 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-200 | n/a


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary5.3MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
2.0[email protected]Primary3.5AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Change default threshold to view project doc to VIEWER · mantisbt/mantisbt@a4be76d · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Bug 1237199 – CVE-2015-5059 mantis: information disclosure due to too wide $g_view_proj_doc_threshold permission af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: mantis-1.2.19-3.fc21 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: Information disclosure in MantisBT af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Malformed Request af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Change default threshold to view project doc to VIEWER · mantisbt/mantisbt@f39cf52 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: Information disclosure in MantisBT af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 690553 Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for mantis (e1b5318c-aa4d-11e5-8f5c-002590263bf5)

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