CVE-2024-23830
highpriority · track · 33EPSS 0.010 · 61 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
MantisBT is an open source issue tracker. Prior to version 2.26.1, an unauthenticated attacker who knows a user's email address and username can hijack the user's account by poisoning the link in the password reset notification message. A patch is available in version 2.26.1. As a workaround, define `$g_path` as appropriate in `config_inc.php`.
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affected products (4)
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advisories (1)
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- GHSA-mcqj-7p29-9528MantisBT Host Header Injection vulnerability2024-02-20ghsa · osvUS
### Impact Knowing a user's email address and username, an unauthenticated attacker can hijack the user's account by poisoning the link in the password reset notification message. ### Patches https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/7055731d09ff12b2781410a372f790172e279744 ### Workarounds Define `$g_path` as appropriate in config_inc.php. ### References https://mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=19381 ### Credits Thanks to the following security researchers for responsibly reporting and helping resolve this vulnerability. - Pier-Luc Maltais (https://twitter.com/plmaltais) - Hlib Yavorskyi (https://github.com/Kerkroups) - Jingshao Chen (https://github.com/shaozi) - Brandon Roldan - nhchoudhary
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references (11)
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- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2024-23830/cnnvd
- https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/7055731d09ff12b2781410a372f790172e279744cnnvd
- https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/releases/tag/release-2.26.1Patchcnnvd
- https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/security/advisories/GHSA-mcqj-7p29-9528cnnvd
- https://mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=19381cnnvd
- https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/7055731d09ff12b2781410a372f790172e279744enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/security/advisories/GHSA-mcqj-7p29-9528enisa_euvd
- https://mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=19381enisa_euvd
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