Information Disclosure in Mantisbt (CVE-2017-12419)
Summary
Vulnerability in Mantisbt (CVE-2017-12419). Confidential information can be exposed externally.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
If, after successful installation of MantisBT through 2.5.2 on MySQL/MariaDB, the administrator does not remove the 'admin' directory (as recommended in the "Post-installation and upgrade tasks" section of the MantisBT Admin Guide), and the MySQL client has a local_infile setting enabled (in php.ini mysqli.allow_local_infile, or the MySQL client config file, depending on the PHP setup), an attacker may take advantage of MySQL's "connect file read" feature to remotely access files on the MantisBT server.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2017-12419 has been found in Mantisbt.
Confidential information can be exposed externally. CVSS score: 4.9/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Mantisbt CVE-2017-12419" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2017-12419 (Mantisbt) — CWE-200 / CVSS v3 4.9
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
Information disclosure (CWE-200) exists in Mantisbt.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Mantisbt.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 4.9/10). Confidential information can be exposed externally.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'Mantisbt' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'Mantisbt' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
Mantisbtを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- advisory openwall.com
- advisory securityfocus.com
- advisory mantisbt.org