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CVE-2014-8988

Status: ModifiedMedium (4)—

MantisBT before 1.2.18 allows remote authenticated users to bypass the $g_download_attachments_threshold and $g_view_attachments_threshold restrictions and read attachments for private projects by leveraging access to a project that does not restrict access to attachments and a request to the download URL.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

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Affected technologies (1)

Mantisbt — Mantisbt

CWEs

References

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  "id": "CVE-2014-8988",
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          "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N",
          "authentication": "SINGLE",
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