CVE-2014-8988 (GCVE-0-2014-8988)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-11-24 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 13:33
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 29/100 over 2230 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/15/6 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/5f0b150b x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=17742 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/62101 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71104 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/693 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3120 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Date Public
2014-11-15 00:00
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