CVE-2024-23830 MantisBT Host Header Injection vulnerability
An attacker can hijack user accounts by poisoning password reset links via Host Header Injection in MantisBT.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-23830?
CVE-2024-23830 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mantisbt Mantisbt, published on 20 Feb 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
MantisBT is an open source issue tracker. Prior to version 2.26.1, an unauthenticated attacker who knows a user's email address and username can hijack the user's account by poisoning the link in the password reset notification message. A patch is available in version 2.26.1. As a workaround, define `$g_path` as appropriate in `config_inc.php`.
Weakness: CWE-74
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-23830?
2 open source packages ship an affected version, including mantisbt/mantisbt. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
mantisbt/mantisbt Packagist | All versions | 2.26.1 |
mantisbt/mantisbt Packagist | All versions | 2.26.1 |
Products include Mantisbt Mantisbt.
How do I fix CVE-2024-23830?
Upgrade mantisbt/mantisbt to 2.26.1 or later.
Is CVE-2024-23830 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-23830 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-mcqj-7p29-9528.