# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 16 Oct 2023
- **Updated:** 11 Aug 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-v642-mh27-8j6m

## 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;`).

Weakness: CWE-668 (Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere), CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-44394?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including mantisbt/mantisbt. It affects 1 product.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `mantisbt/mantisbt` | Packagist | All versions | 2.25.8 |
| `mantisbt/mantisbt` | Packagist | All versions | 2.25.8 |

Products: 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](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-2023-44394 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-44394 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- mantisbt/mantisbt (Packagist): affected all versions; fixed in 2.25.8
- mantisbt/mantisbt (Packagist): affected all versions; fixed in 2.25.8

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-2023-44394/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-44394/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-44394
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-44394
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-44394

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-44394/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.