MantisBT: SQL Injection via history_order Configuration Value
The advisory, in context
MantisBT 2.28.3 and earlier versions contains a SQL injection vulnerability in core/history_api.php. The history_order configuration value is concatenated directly into a SQL ORDER BY clause without any sanitisation, parameterization, or validation against a whitelist.
An administrator can set this configuration value via the web UI (adm_config_set.php) or the REST API (PATCH /api/rest/config). The injected SQL then executes whenever any user views a bug with history entries.
Impact
- Sensitive data extraction from the entire bugtracker database including user credentials (cookie_string, password hashes), API tokens, and private issue data
- With MySQL FILE privilege: full RCE via INTO OUTFILE writing a PHP webshell to the web root
- The admin plants the payload once; any authenticated user viewing a bug with history triggers the injection
Patches
Workarounds
Is there a way for users to fix or remediate the vulnerability without upgrading?
Resources
Credits
McCaulay Hudson (@McCaulay) of watchTowr
Affected packages
Start with the recorded fix for your release branch. Check your installed version and test compatibility before upgrading. Fixing this advisory does not rule out other vulnerabilities in the release.
Earlier releases before 2.28.4
Fixed in 2.28.4
78 explicitly affected versions
2.10.0, 2.10.1, 2.11.0, 2.11.1, 2.12.0, 2.12.1, 2.12.2, 2.13.0, 2.13.1, 2.13.2, 2.14.0, 2.15.0, 2.15.1, 2.16.0, 2.16.1, 2.17.0, 2.17.1, 2.17.2, 2.18.0, 2.18.1, 2.19.0, 2.19.1, 2.20.0, 2.20.1, 2.21.0, 2.21.1, 2.21.2, 2.21.3, 2.22.0, 2.22.1, 2.22.2, 2.23.0, 2.23.1, 2.24.0, 2.24.1, 2.24.2, 2.24.3, 2.24.4, 2.24.5, 2.25.0, 2.25.1, 2.25.2, 2.25.3, 2.25.4, 2.25.5, 2.25.6, 2.25.7, 2.25.8, 2.26.0, 2.26.1, 2.26.2, 2.26.3, 2.26.4, 2.27.0, 2.27.1, 2.27.2, 2.27.3, 2.28.0, 2.28.1, 2.28.2, 2.28.3, 2.3.0, 2.3.1, 2.3.2, 2.3.3, 2.4.0, 2.4.1, 2.4.2, 2.5.0, 2.5.1, 2.5.2, 2.6.0, 2.7.0, 2.7.1, 2.8.0, 2.8.1, 2.9.0, 2.9.1
View affected-version evidence
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