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CVE-2017-7615

92
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-7615 is a critical vulnerability affecting MantisBT versions up to 2.3.0, allowing arbitrary password resets and unauthenticated administrative access. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 8.8) is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity, enabling full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog, multiple public exploits exist, including Metasploit modules and Nuclei templates, indicating a high likelihood of exploitation despite minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mantisbt:mantisbt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
90.86%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: MantisBT password reset · Apr 16, 2017
Nuclei: CVE-2017-7615 · Sep 24, 2020
ExploitDB: EDB-48818 · Sep 18, 2020
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.9086 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 17,823 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: mantisbt/mantisbtFixed in: 1.3.10
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: mantisbt/mantisbtFixed in: 2.2.4
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: mantisbt/mantisbtFixed in: 2.3.1

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-252r-f55f-ff34high

MantisBT allows arbitrary password reset

May 13, 2022

References

hyp3rlinx.altervista.org / advisories/MANTIS-BUG-TRACKER-PRE-AUTH-REMOTE-PASSWORD-RESET.txt
ExploitThird Party Advisory
packetstormsecurity.com / files/159219/Mantis-Bug-Tracker-2.3.0-Remote-Code-Execution.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
mantisbt.org / bugs/view.php
Issue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/41890
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2017/04/16/2
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/97707
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry