NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

CVE-2019-15715: MantisBT before 1.3.20 and 2.22.1 allows Post Authentication Command Injection, leading to Remote Code Execution.

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 37/100)

Public proof-of-concept code exists (Exploit-DB, GitHub); there is no record of exploitation in the wild.
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 30% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 98.1% of all records.
Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. Administrator privileges are required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
Fixed version: mantisbt/mantisbt (Packagist) 2.22.1, 1.3.20.
Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).

Low priority for now. Upgrade to mantisbt/mantisbt (Packagist) 2.22.1, 1.3.20 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

HighCVSS 7.2 · v3.1—Proof of concept Fix available

GHSA-v23g-wjvq-2fpf

Published: Oct 9, 2019
Updated: Jun 16, 2026
EPSS: 30.0% · 98th percentile
CWE: CWE-78

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Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS: 28 / 40 · 7.2 / 10
CISA KEV: 0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS: 9 / 30 · 30.0%

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Vendor	Product	CPE
mantisbt	mantisbt	cpe:2.3:a:mantisbt:mantisbt

Affected versions

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

mantisbt mantisbt1.0.0 and later · before 1.3.20
mantisbt mantisbt2.0.0 and later · before 2.22.1

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

Ecosystem	Package	Affected range	Fix
Packagist	mantisbt/mantisbt	from 2.0.0 · before 2.22.1	2.22.1
Packagist	mantisbt/mantisbt	before 1.3.20	1.3.20

Same product

mantisbt: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

CVE-2017-7615MantisBT through 2.3.0 allows arbitrary password reset and unauthenticated admin access via an empty confirm_hash value to verify.php.
62This week
CVE-2014-7146The XmlImportExport plugin in MantisBT 1.2.17 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a crafted (1) descriptio
45Plan
CVE-2014-8598The XML Import/Export plugin in MantisBT 1.2.x does not restrict access, which allows remote attackers to (1) upload arbitrary XML files via
40Plan

Published before and after this one in the same product

← EarlierCVE-2018-16514Jun 20, 2019 · A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the View Filters page (view_filters_page.php) and Edit Filter page (manage_filter_edit_page.ph
18Monitor
← EarlierCVE-2019-15074Aug 21, 2019 · The Timeline feature in my_view_page.php in MantisBT through 2.21.1 has a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability, allowing executio
39Monitor
Later →CVE-2013-1930Oct 31, 2019 · MantisBT 1.2.12 before 1.2.15 allows authenticated users to by the workflow restriction and close issues.
17Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / package	Fixed version	Source
Packagist:mantisbt/mantisbt	1.3.20	Package registry (OSV)
Packagist:mantisbt/mantisbt	2.22.1	Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

Proof of concept available

A public proof of concept or detection signature exists. Exploit knowledge is out there; don't delay patching.

Evidence

Exploit-DB entry ×1
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub ×1

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Public exploit evidence
Source	Kind	Date
Exploit-DB entry	webapps	2020-09-18
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub	stars:0	2026-01-23

Research context

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Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

PublishedOct 9, 2019
First PoCSep 18, 2020+344 d
TodayOct 27, 2026+2575 d

EPSS, last 120 days

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

Patch and commit links

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Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)

Official security notices citing this record; remediation advice is on the agency's page.

TR-20-761 · Sep 21, 2020(Mantis Güvenlik Güncellemesi Yayınladı)

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Technical details

Attack conditions

Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
Administrator privileges are required.
No user action is required.
No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality: high · data can be read
Integrity: high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability: high · the service can be disrupted

Attack vector: Network
Attack complexity: Low
Privileges required: High
User interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality impact: High
Integrity impact: High
Availability impact: High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-78 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-primary

Root cause

User input is inserted as text into a shell command. The shell may interpret special characters in the input as part of the command.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-78 class

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

Vulnerable

1const host = req.body.host;
2exec("ping -c 1 " + host, onResult);

Fixed

1const host = req.body.host;
2if (!/^[a-z0-9.-]{1,253}$/i.test(host)) return res.sendStatus(400);
3execFile("ping", ["-c", "1", host], onResult);

Attack context

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Attack patterns (CAPEC)

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Change log

Fix✗ → ✓Sep 28, 2026, 10:46 PM UTC

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References

github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/5fb979604d88c630343b3eaf2b435cd41918c501

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CNA: mitre

CVE.org (CNA)Aug 5, 2024, 12:56 AM UTC
NVDJun 16, 2026, 10:20 PM UTC
FIRST EPSSOct 25, 2026, 12:00 AM UTC
OSV / GHSAOct 27, 2026, 3:18 AM UTC
Exploit-DBOct 27, 2026, 3:17 AM UTC
PoC-in-GitHubOct 27, 2026, 3:18 AM UTC

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