CVE-2026-49280

Summary

MantisBT: REST API unauthorized Issue status change

Severity

medium

CWE

CWE-862

Also known as

GHSA-m7ph-9558-mrx3

Published

2026-07-15

Updated

2026-07-15

Advisory details

A MantisBT user having $g_update_bug_threshold (UPDATER by default) can change an Issue's Status via REST and SOAP API, even if the $g_set_status_threshold config is set to a higher level (DEVELOPER by default).

Impact

Unauthorized change in Issue workflow.

Patches

https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/releases/tag/release-2.28.4

Workarounds

None

Resources

• https://mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=37181

Credits

Mamdouh Mahfouz (@mamdouhmahfouz)

References

• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m7ph-9558-mrx3
• https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/security/advisories/GHSA-m7ph-9558-mrx3
• https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/2d3a5537605487a1ec5178aba9fe9b5623b6a4e0
• https://mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=37181

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• CVE-2026-62944 — high · Packagist/mantisbt/mantisbt
• CVE-2026-49273 — high · Packagist/mantisbt/mantisbt
• CVE-2026-47142 — high · Packagist/mantisbt/mantisbt
• CVE-2026-52883 — medium · Packagist/mantisbt/mantisbt
• CVE-2026-52882 — medium · Packagist/mantisbt/mantisbt

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