Vulnerability Report

CVE-2008-4688

Title: Mantis Information Disclosure

Information Disclosure

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2008-4688.

CWE Category CWE-200

Published Date Oct 22, 2008

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 5.0 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

11.71%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2008-4688: core/string_api.php in Mantis before 1.1.3 does not check the privileges of the viewer before composing a link with issue data in the source anchor, which allows remote attackers to discover an issue's title and status via a request with a modified issue number.

Impacted Vendors

matisbt 1

mantis 1

Reference Links

http://mantisbt.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/mantisbt/branches/BRANCH_1_1_0/mantisbt/core/string_api.php?r1=5285&r2=5384&pathrev=5384 http://secunia.com/advisories/32243 http://secunia.com/advisories/32975 http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200812-07.xml http://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/changelog_page.php http://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=9321 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/20/1 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31868 http://mantisbt.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/mantisbt/branches/BRANCH_1_1_0/mantisbt/core/string_api.php?r1=5285&r2=5384&pathrev=5384 http://secunia.com/advisories/32243 http://secunia.com/advisories/32975 http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200812-07.xml http://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/changelog_page.php http://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=9321 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/20/1 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31868

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

5.0

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2008-4688 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 09, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

October 22, 2008 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.