BaseFortify

Publication date: 2025-11-04

Last updated on: 2025-11-10

Assigner: GitHub, Inc.

Description

Mantis Bug Tracker (MantisBT) is an open source issue tracker. In versions 2.27.1 and below, due to insufficient access-level checks, any non-admin user with access to manage_config_columns_page.php can use the Copy From action to retrieve the columns configuration from a private project they have no access to. This issue is fixed in version 2.27.2.

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Meta Information

Published

2025-11-04

Last Modified

2025-11-10

Generated

2026-07-06

AI Q&A

2025-11-04

EPSS Evaluated

2026-07-05

NVD

CVE-2025-62520

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendor	Product	Version / Range
mantisbt	mantisbt	to 2.27.2 (exc)

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Exploitability

CWE

KEV

CWE ID	Description
CWE-285	The product does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

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Executive Summary

This vulnerability in Mantis Bug Tracker (MantisBT) versions 2.27.1 and below allows any non-admin user who can access manage_config_columns_page.php to use the Copy From action to retrieve the columns configuration of a private project they do not have access to. This happens due to insufficient access-level checks.

Impact Analysis

The vulnerability can lead to unauthorized disclosure of private project configuration information to non-admin users who should not have access, potentially exposing sensitive project details.

Mitigation Strategies

Upgrade Mantis Bug Tracker to version 2.27.2 or later, as this version contains the fix for the insufficient access-level checks vulnerability.

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