4.0
MEDIUM
CVE-2014-8988
MantisBT Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
Description

MantisBT before 1.2.18 allows remote authenticated users to bypass the $g_download_attachments_threshold and $g_view_attachments_threshold restrictions and read attachments for private projects by leveraging access to a project that does not restrict access to attachments and a request to the download URL.

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 24, 2014, 3:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

Sept. 8, 2017, 1:29 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.9

Exploitability Score :

8.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2014-8988 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Mantisbt mantisbt

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2014-8988 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 08, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/98731 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98731 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 03, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/62101 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 11, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3120
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 24, 2014

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:mantisbt:mantisbt:1.2.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/5f0b150b No Types Assigned https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/5f0b150b Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-264
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.22 }} 0.00%

score

0.60053

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability