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CVE-2012-1121

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-1121 describes a permission bypass vulnerability in MantisBT versions prior to 1.2.9. Authenticated users with manager privileges can exploit this flaw to modify or delete global categories due to improper permission checks. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.9, indicating a medium severity with low impact on integrity and availability, requiring authentication and moderate attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.2.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mantisbt:mantisbt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.18.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mantisbt:mantisbt:0.18.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.19.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mantisbt:mantisbt:0.19.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.19.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mantisbt:mantisbt:0.19.0:a1:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.19.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mantisbt:mantisbt:0.19.0:a2:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.9MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
6.8
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.24%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0224 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 1,425 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 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 (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/092926.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/093063.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/093064.html
secunia.com / advisories/48258
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/51199
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-201211-01.xml
github.com / mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/9443258724e84cb388aa1865b775beaecd80596d
ExploitPatch
mantisbt.org / bugs/changelog_page.php
mantisbt.org / bugs/view.php
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/03/06/9
securityfocus.com / bid/52313