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GHSA-68w5-w573-q2r8

MediumCVSS 5.3 / 10

Published May 11, 2026·Last modified May 11, 2026

Affected Components(0)

No affected components available

Description

MantisBT allows a low-privileged authenticated user having add_profile_threshold to create a global profile despite not having manage_global_profile_threshold, by tampering with the user_id parameter in a valid profile creation request.

Impact

Authentication bypass

Patches

3f952e68fa864e0e60abc3e84adecf3cfa84c75e

Workarounds

None

Credits

Thanks to Vishal Shukla for discovering and responsibly reporting the issues.

Risk Scores

Base Score

5.3

The vulnerability can be exploited over the network without needing physical access. It is easy for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker needs basic access or low-level privileges. No user interaction is needed for the attacker to exploit this vulnerability.

Threat Intelligence

1.3

Limited exploitation activity has been observed. Close monitoring and planned remediation are recommended.

EPSS

0.34%

The exploit probability is very low. The vulnerability is unlikely to be exploited in the next 30 days.

Exploit

Not available

We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.

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