Machine-written summary
Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.
MantisBT versions before 2.28.1 running on MySQL or compatible databases are vulnerable to an authentication bypass in the SOAP API caused by improper type checking of the password parameter. An attacker who knows a victim's username can craft a SOAP request to log in as that user without the password and run any API function the account can access. Upgrade to MantisBT 2.28.1 or later; disabling the SOAP API reduces the risk but still exposes account information such as email addresses and real names.
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Severity and exploitation
| Score | Rating | CVSS | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.3 | Critical | 4.0 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | CNA (GitHub_M) |
- CISA KEV Not listed.
- EPSS 0.018, the 78th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Timeline
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:25 UTC First seen by agentprime
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:25 UTC Confirmed by OSV