CVE-2026-33052
mediumpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.003 · 27 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
Mantis Bug Tracker (MantisBT) is an open source issue tracker. Versions 2.28.0 and 2.28.1 allow a low-privileged authenticated user assigned the "add_profile_threshold" permission to create a global profile despite not having manage_global_profile_threshold, by tampering with the user_id parameter in a valid profile creation request. This issue has been fixed in version 2.28.2.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 1.3–5.3
ssvc
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affected products (2)
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advisories (1)
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- GHSA-68w5-w573-q2r8MantisBT Has Authorization Bypass in Global Profile Creation2026-05-11ghsa · osvUS
MantisBT allows a low-privileged authenticated user having *add_profile_threshold* to create a global profile despite not having *manage_global_profile_threshold*, by tampering with the user_id parameter in a valid profile creation request. ### Impact Authentication bypass ### Patches - 3f952e68fa864e0e60abc3e84adecf3cfa84c75e ### Workarounds None ### Credits Thanks to Vishal Shukla for discovering and responsibly reporting the issues.
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references (8)
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- https://mantisbt.org/download.phpPatchcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-33052cnnvd
- https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/3f952e68fa864e0e60abc3e84adecf3cfa84c75eenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/security/advisories/GHSA-68w5-w573-q2r8enisa_euvd
- https://mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=36974enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/3f952e68fa864e0e60abc3e84adecf3cfa84c75envd
- https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/security/advisories/GHSA-68w5-w573-q2r8nvd
- https://mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=36974nvd
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