core/string_api.php in Mantis before 1.1.3 does not check the privileges of the viewer before composing a link with issue data in the source

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

• mantis mantisup to 1.1.3 inclusive
• mantis mantis0.19.3
• mantis mantis0.19.4
• mantis mantis1.0.1
• mantis mantis1.0.2
• mantis mantis1.0.3
• mantis mantis1.0.4
• mantis mantis1.0.5
• mantis mantis1.0.6
• mantis mantis1.0.7
• mantis mantis1.0.8
• mantis mantis1.1.1
• mantis mantis1.1.2

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

• CVE-2008-4687manage_proj_page.php in Mantis before 1.1.4 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a sort parameter containing PHP
  56Plan
• CVE-2006-0665Unspecified vulnerability in (1) query_store.php and (2) manage_proj_create.php in Mantis before 1.0.0 has unknown impact and attack vectors
  41Plan
• CVE-2002-1110Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in Mantis 0.17.2 and earlier, when running without magic_quotes_gpc enabled, allows remote attackers
  41Plan
• CVE-2006-6515Mantis before 1.1.0a2 sets the default value of $g_bug_reminder_threshold to "reporter" instead of a more privileged role, which has unknown
  40Plan
• CVE-2006-0146The server.php test script in ADOdb for PHP before 4.70, as used in multiple products including (1) Mantis, (2) PostNuke, (3) Moodle, (4) Ca
  34Monitor
• CVE-2005-3335PHP file inclusion vulnerability in bug_sponsorship_list_view_inc.php in Mantis 1.0.0RC2 and 0.19.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbit
  32Monitor

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Root cause

The extension requests broader permissions than its function needs and sends the data it collects out for purposes beyond its stated function.

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

1{2  "permissions": ["tabs", "<all_urls>"],3  "background": { "service_worker": "analytics.js" }4}

1{2  "permissions": ["activeTab"],3  "host_permissions": ["https://yildiz.example/*"]4}

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.