CVE-2008-4688
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 11.7%EU EUVD
core/string_api.php in Mantis before 1.1.3 does not check the privileges of the viewer before composing a link with issue data in the source anchor, which allows remote attackers to discover an issue's title and status via a request with a modified issue number.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-200
- EPSS score
- 11.7% (96th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-4668)
- Published
- October 22, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-4668 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- mantis / mantis
- mantis / mantis
- mantis / mantis
- mantis / mantis
- mantis / mantis
- mantis / mantis
- mantis / mantis
- mantis / mantis
- mantis / mantis
- mantis / mantis
- mantis / mantis
- mantis / mantis
- mantis / mantis
References
- http://mantisbt.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/mantisbt/branches/BRANCH_1_1_0/mantisbt/core/string_api.php?r1=5285&r2=5384&pathrev=5384
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32243
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32975
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200812-07.xml
- http://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/changelog_page.php
- http://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=9321
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/20/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31868
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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