# CVE-2010-4349: Information disclosure in n/a

> Remote attackers can obtain sensitive installation path information via an invalid parameter in the upgrade script, exposing internal server details.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 3 Jan 2011
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-x2fr-qhgr-p5jc

## What is CVE-2010-4349?

CVE-2010-4349 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mantisbt Mantisbt, published on 3 Jan 2011. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

admin/upgrade_unattended.php in MantisBT before 1.2.4 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via an invalid db_type parameter, which reveals the installation path in an error message, related to an unsafe call by MantisBT to a function in the ADOdb Library for PHP.

Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-4349?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Mantisbt Mantisbt.

## How do I fix CVE-2010-4349?

No fix has been published for CVE-2010-4349 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2010-4349 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-4349 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code:

- Mantis Bug Tracker 1.2.3 - 'db_type' Cross-Site Scripting / Full Path Disclosure (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in Mantisbt Mantisbt

- [CVE-2019-15074](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-15074/): MantisBT allows cross-site scripting (XSS) via crafted filename (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2026-30849](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-30849/): MantisBT SOAP API has an authentication bypass vulnerability on MySQL (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2025-47776](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-47776/): MantisBT: Authentication bypass for some passwords due to PHP type juggling (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2017-7615](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-7615/): MantisBT allows arbitrary password reset (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2026-33517](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-33517/): MantisBT Vulnerable to Stored HTML Injection in Tag Delete Confirmation (high 8.6)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2010-4349 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2010-4349 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mantisbt Mantisbt, published on 3 Jan 2011. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-4349 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Mantisbt Mantisbt. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-4349/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-4349/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-4349
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4349
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2010-4349

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-4349/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.