CVE-2020-25781: Medium severity centos libreport-plugin-mantisbt vulnerability

Published Sep 30, 2020
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Updated

An issue was discovered in filedownload.php in MantisBT before 2.24.3. Users without access to view private issue notes are able to download the (supposedly private) attachments linked to these notes by accessing the corresponding file download URL directly.

Affected Software

2 affected componentsFixes available
MantisBT mantisbt<2.24.3
composer/mantisbt/mantisbt<2.24.3
2.24.3

Event History

Sep 30, 2020
CVE Published
via MITRE·08:31 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·08:31 PM
Description
May 24, 2022
Advisory Published
via GitHub·05:29 PM

Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is CVE-2020-25781?

CVE-2020-25781 is a vulnerability in MantisBT before version 2.24.3 which allows users without access to view private issue notes to download the supposedly private attachments linked to those notes.

2

How severe is CVE-2020-25781?

CVE-2020-25781 has a severity rating of 4.3 (Medium).

3

How can I fix CVE-2020-25781?

To fix CVE-2020-25781, you need to update MantisBT to version 2.24.3 or later.

4

Where can I find more information about CVE-2020-25781?

You can find more information about CVE-2020-25781 on the MantisBT bug tracker at https://mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=27039.

5

What is CWE-862?

CWE-862 refers to the vulnerability category 'Missing Authorization'.

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