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GHSA-68W5-W573-Q2R8

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-05-11 17:58 – Updated: 2026-05-19 16:09

Summary

MantisBT Has Authorization Bypass in Global Profile Creation

Details

MantisBT allows a low-privileged authenticated user having add_profile_threshold to create a global profile despite not having manage_global_profile_threshold, by tampering with the user_id parameter in a valid profile creation request.

Impact

Authentication bypass

Patches

3f952e68fa864e0e60abc3e84adecf3cfa84c75e

Workarounds

None

Credits

Thanks to Vishal Shukla for discovering and responsibly reporting the issues.

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


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

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        "ecosystem": "Packagist",
        "name": "mantisbt/mantisbt"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "2.28.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.28.2"
            }
          ],
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        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-33052"
  ],
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    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-639"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2026-05-11T17:58:50Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-05-19T02:16:15Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "MantisBT allows a low-privileged authenticated user having *add_profile_threshold* to create a global profile despite not having *manage_global_profile_threshold*, by tampering with the user_id parameter in a valid profile creation request.\n\n### Impact\nAuthentication bypass\n\n### Patches\n- 3f952e68fa864e0e60abc3e84adecf3cfa84c75e\n\n### Workarounds\nNone\n\n### Credits\nThanks to Vishal Shukla for discovering and responsibly reporting the issues.",
  "id": "GHSA-68w5-w573-q2r8",
  "modified": "2026-05-19T16:09:47Z",
  "published": "2026-05-11T17:58:50Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/security/advisories/GHSA-68w5-w573-q2r8"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-33052"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/3f952e68fa864e0e60abc3e84adecf3cfa84c75e"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/releases/tag/release-2.28.2"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=36974"
    }
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    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "MantisBT Has Authorization Bypass in Global Profile Creation"
}

CVE-2026-33052 (GCVE-0-2026-33052)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-19 00:29 – Updated: 2026-05-19 12:46

Title

MantisBT: Authorization Bypass in Global Profile Creation

Summary

Mantis Bug Tracker (MantisBT) is an open source issue tracker. Versions 2.28.0 and 2.28.1 allow a low-privileged authenticated user assigned the "add_profile_threshold" permission to create a global profile despite not having manage_global_profile_threshold, by tampering with the user_id parameter in a valid profile creation request. This issue has been fixed in version 2.28.2.

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-05-19 12:46 UTC

CWE

CWE-639 - Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

Assigner

GitHub_M mitre root Scorecard

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/security/adv…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/3f952…	x_refsource_MISC
https://mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=36974	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
mantisbt	mantisbt	Affected: >= 2.28.0, < 2.28.2

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