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CVE-2014-8988 json

MantisBT before 1.2.18 allows remote authenticated users to bypass the $g_download_attachments_threshold and $g_view_attachments_threshold…

published 2014-11-24 11 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-8815

cvss
4.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.0%
EPSS 2.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 80%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

MantisBT before 1.2.18 allows remote authenticated users to bypass the $g_download_attachments_threshold and $g_view_attachments_threshold restrictions and read attachments for private projects by leveraging access to a project that does not restrict access to attachments and a request to the download URL.

Patch / fix

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2014-8988 updated cvss 4.0

mantis: information disclosure issue to be fixed in the upcoming 1.2.18 release

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.95% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

Sources

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