CVE-2020-35849: MantisBT Incorrect Authorization for bug_revision_view_page.php check

May 24, 2022 (updated May 30, 2025)

An issue was discovered in MantisBT before 2.24.4. An incorrect access check in bug_revision_view_page.php allows an unprivileged attacker to view the Summary field of private issues, as well as bugnotes revisions, gaining access to potentially confidential information via the bugnote_id parameter.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-7j8m-fm49-xgmg
github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt
github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/e9fd168c519a46c2cd0f3cb835e9ce5dba77fc4d
mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=27370
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-35849

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