CVE-2012-2691 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in MantisBT versions prior to 1.2.11. Specifically, the mc_issue_note_update function in the SOAP API fails to adequately check user privileges, allowing remote attackers with bug reporting access to modify any bugnote via a crafted SOAP request. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating high severity with a network attack vector, low complexity, and potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.2.10CPE 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 version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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