Access Control Vulnerability in Mantis Bug Tracker by MantisBT
CVE-2025-62520

5.3MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Mantisbt

Status
Mantisbt
Vendor
CVE Published:
4 November 2025

What is CVE-2025-62520?

Mantis Bug Tracker, an open-source issue tracker, is affected by an access control vulnerability found in versions 2.27.1 and older. Due to inadequate checks for access levels, non-admin users with specific privileges can misuse the Copy From action to gain access to column configurations from private projects, which they should not have access to. This issue has been addressed in version 2.27.2. For more details, please refer to the following resources: Security Advisory, Commit Log, Bug Report.

Affected Version(s)

mantisbt < 2.27.2

References

https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/security/advisories/...
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https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/4fe94f45fa2ba...
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https://mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=36502
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CVSS V4

Score:
5.3
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Attack Required:
None
Privileges Required:
Undefined
User Interaction:
None

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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CVE-2025-62520 : Access Control Vulnerability in Mantis Bug Tracker by MantisBT