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CVE-2014-9117: mantisbt Improper Access Control

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
Published 06-12-2014Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2014-9117 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) Improper Access Control vulnerability in mantisbt. EPSS estimates a 2.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
20/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.34%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
DSA-3120-1

Timeline

  1. 06-12-2014
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

MantisBT before 1.2.18 uses the public_key parameter value as the key to the CAPTCHA answer, which allows remote attackers to bypass the CAPTCHA protection mechanism by leveraging knowledge of a CAPTCHA answer for a public_key parameter value, as demonstrated by E4652 for the public_key value 0.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.34%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

83%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.34% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
2.34%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Mantisbt1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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