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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2018-9839

An issue was discovered in MantisBT through 1.3.14, and 2.0.0. Using a crafted request on bug_report_page.php (modifying the 'm_id' parameter), any user with REPORTER access or above is able to view any private issue's details (summary, description, steps to reproduce, additional information) when cloning it. By checking the 'Copy issue notes' and 'Copy attachments' checkboxes and completing the clone operation, this data also becomes public (except private notes).

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31 Oct 2026, 10:31 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2018-9839

core-osv · Original source

Published 6 Jun 2019, 19:29 UTC

An issue was discovered in MantisBT through 1.3.14, and 2.0.0. Using a crafted request on bug_report_page.php (modifying the 'm_id' parameter), any user with REPORTER access or above is able to view any private issue's details (summary, description, steps to reproduce, additional information) when cloning it. By checking the 'Copy issue notes' and 'Copy attachments' checkboxes and completing the clone operation, this data also becomes public (except private notes).

osv:CVE-2018-9839
Complete source record
{
  "id": "ab73908a1b3644766f3d95ac1ed76d04a951c6fac82e23617c4708db4ac1e266",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-9839",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2018-9839",
    "summary": "An issue was discovered in MantisBT through 1.3.14, and 2.0.0. Using a crafted request on bug_report_page.php (modifying the 'm_id' parameter), any user with REPORTER access or above is able to view any private issue's details (summary, description, steps to reproduce, additional information) when cloning it. By checking the 'Copy issue notes' and 'Copy attachments' checkboxes and completing the clone operation, this data also becomes public (except private notes).",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2018-9839",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2018-9839",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2018-9839"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "6ad90df07d71a421022c44501029cdd8d0ab5831"
                },
                {
                  "introduced": "ac51f2a22377ec1cef40ae53048327d7ab2df33e"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "ac51f2a22377ec1cef40ae53048327d7ab2df33e"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "1fbcd9bca2f2c77cb61624d36ddee4b3802c38ea"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:mantisbt:mantisbt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "1.3.14"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:mantisbt:mantisbt:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "2.0.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "2.0.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  },
                  {
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "fixed": "1fbcd9bca2f2c77cb61624d36ddee4b3802c38ea"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "2.0.0",
            "release-1.3.14",
            "release-1.3.13",
            "release-1.3.12",
            "release-1.3.11",
            "release-1.3.10",
            "release-1.3.9",
            "release-1.3.8",
            "release-1.3.7",
            "release-1.3.6",
            "release-1.3.5",
            "release-2.0.0",
            "release-1.3.4",
            "release-1.3.3",
            "release-1.3.2",
            "release-1.3.1",
            "release-1.3.0",
            "release-1.3.0-rc.2",
            "release-1.3.0-rc.1",
            "release-1.3.0-beta.3",
            "release-1.3.0-beta.2",
            "release-1.3.0-beta.1",
            "release-1.2.0rc1",
            "release-1.2.0a3",
            "release-1.2.0a2",
            "release-1.2.0a1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-9839.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:50:32.623529960Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=24221",
        "https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/1fbcd9bca2f2c77cb61624d36ddee4b3802c38ea"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2018-9839",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 381843,
  "published_at": "2019-06-06T19:29:00.297+00:00"
}