CVE-2026-33052
MantisBT Has Authorization Bypass in Global Profile Creation
EPSS 0.04%
Description
MantisBT allows a low-privileged authenticated user having *add_profile_threshold* to create a global profile despite not having *manage_global_profile_threshold*, by tampering with the user_id parameter in a valid profile creation request. ### Impact Authentication bypass ### Patches - 3f952e68fa864e0e60abc3e84adecf3cfa84c75e ### Workarounds None ### Credits Thanks to Vishal Shukla for discovering and responsibly reporting the issues.
How to fix CVE-2026-33052
To remediate CVE-2026-33052, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 2.28.2 or later
Is CVE-2026-33052 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- >= 2.28.0, < 2.28.2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |