CVE-2014-9572
high
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.5
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
References
- 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
- 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
CWEs
CWE-284
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.