CVE-2023-44394 Disclosure of project names to unauthorized users in MantisBT
Unauthorized users can reveal private project names in MantisBT by accessing the wiki redirection page with sequential IDs.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2023-44394?
CVE-2023-44394 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mantisbt Mantisbt, published on 16 Oct 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
MantisBT is an open source bug tracker. Due to insufficient access-level checks on the Wiki redirection page, any user can reveal private Projects' names, by accessing wiki.php with sequentially incremented IDs. This issue has been addressed in commit `65c44883f` which has been included in release `2.25.8`. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should disable wiki integration ( `$g_wiki_enable = OFF;`).
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-44394?
2 open source packages ship an affected version, including mantisbt/mantisbt. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
mantisbt/mantisbt Packagist | All versions | 2.25.8 |
mantisbt/mantisbt Packagist | All versions | 2.25.8 |
Products include Mantisbt Mantisbt.
How do I fix CVE-2023-44394?
Upgrade mantisbt/mantisbt to 2.25.8 or later.
Is CVE-2023-44394 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-44394 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Mantisbt Mantisbt
- CVE-2019-15074 MantisBT allows cross-site scripting (XSS) via crafted filename
- CVE-2026-30849 MantisBT SOAP API has an authentication bypass vulnerability on MySQL
- CVE-2025-47776 MantisBT: Authentication bypass for some passwords due to PHP type juggling
- CVE-2017-7615 MantisBT allows arbitrary password reset
- CVE-2026-33517 MantisBT Vulnerable to Stored HTML Injection in Tag Delete Confirmation
Sources
Also known as GHSA-v642-mh27-8j6m.