CVE-2014-9572 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

MantisBT before 1.2.19 and 1.3.x before 1.3.0-beta.2 does not properly restrict access to /*/install.php, which allows remote attackers to obtain database credentials via the install parameter with the value 4.

Published: 2015-01-26

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mantisbt:mantisbt::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mantisbt:mantisbt:1.3.0:beta1::::::

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2014-9386	MantisBT before 1.2.19 and 1.3.x before 1.3.0-beta.2 does not properly restrict access to /*/install.php, which allows remote attackers to obtain database credentials via the install parameter with the value 4.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00924.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q1/158
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031633
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100211
https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23243
https://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=17937
https://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=17939

History

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Subscriptions

Mantisbt Mantisbt

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2015-01-26T15:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T13:47:41.829Z

Reserved: 2015-01-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-9572

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-01-26T15:59:11.643

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2014-9572

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-284

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