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CVE-2012-1121

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Description

MantisBT before 1.2.9 does not properly check permissions, which allows remote authenticated users with manager privileges to (1) modify or (2) delete global categories.

References

https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/9443258724e84cb388aa1865b775beaecd80596d

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2012-1155

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52313

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/06/9

http://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=13561

http://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/changelog_page.php?version_id=140

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201211-01.xml

http://secunia.com/advisories/51199

http://secunia.com/advisories/48258

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/093064.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/093063.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/092926.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-06-29

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.02241

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