Security advisory

{
  "id": "ddb6adaefcc3069061b0d9e9dbb34030c1854c4f35ba94805a8791293632de16",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-12419",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2017-12419",
    "summary": "If, after successful installation of MantisBT through 2.5.2 on MySQL/MariaDB, the administrator does not remove the 'admin' directory (as recommended in the \"Post-installation and upgrade tasks\" section of the MantisBT Admin Guide), and the MySQL client has a local_infile setting enabled (in php.ini mysqli.allow_local_infile, or the MySQL client config file, depending on the PHP setup), an attacker may take advantage of MySQL's \"connect file read\" feature to remotely access files on the MantisBT server.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-12419",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2017-12419",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2017-12419"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0f1ed233e5c3c86892fb0eafca227681f3f848c7"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "0f1ed233e5c3c86892fb0eafca227681f3f848c7"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:mantisbt:mantisbt:2.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "2.5.2"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "2.5.2"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "2.5.2",
            "release-2.5.2"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-12419.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:22.533389862Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=23173"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2017-12419",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 430706,
  "published_at": "2017-08-05T15:29:00.177+00:00"
}