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High · 8.8 Scanner template Public exploit CVE-2017-7615 EUVD-2017-16620GHSA-252r-f55f-ff34

MantisBT allows arbitrary password reset

Published Apr 16, 2017 · Updated Aug 5, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Package: mantisbt/mantisbt Ecosystem: Packagist

Description

MantisBT through 2.3.0 allows arbitrary password reset and unauthenticated admin access via an empty confirm_hash value to verify.php.

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.

Metasploit 1 module

Exploit-DB 2

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

Automated scanner template

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Source: projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates (MIT) — updated daily. Only links are listed.

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Packagist mantisbt/mantisbt >= 1.3.0-rc.2, < 1.3.10 1.3.10 GHSA-252r-f55f-ff34
Packagist mantisbt/mantisbt >= 2.0.0, < 2.2.4 2.2.4 GHSA-252r-f55f-ff34
Packagist mantisbt/mantisbt >= 2.3.0, < 2.3.1 2.3.1 GHSA-252r-f55f-ff34

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