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CVE-2008-4688

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-4688 describes an information disclosure vulnerability in Mantis before version 1.1.3, specifically within the core/string_api.php component. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to discover an issue's title and status by manipulating issue numbers in requests, as the system fails to check user privileges before generating links containing sensitive issue data. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with low attack complexity and potential for partial confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no publicly available exploit code in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, and minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.19.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:0.19.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.19.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:0.19.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mantis:mantis:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
11.71%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1171 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 23,723 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-4688

mantis: bug title and status leak to unauthorized users

References

mantisbt.svn.sourceforge.net / viewvc/mantisbt/branches/BRANCH_1_1_0/mantisbt/core/string_api.php
secunia.com / advisories/32243
secunia.com / advisories/32975
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200812-07.xml
mantisbt.org / bugs/changelog_page.php
mantisbt.org / bugs/view.php
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2008/10/20/1
securityfocus.com / bid/31868