vulnerability / NVI-00001845 / Revision 3
MantisBT vulnerable to authentication bypass for some passwords due to PHP type juggling
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01 / Meaning
Why it matters
Published affected context helps an owner decide what evidence to gather. This report has not examined your application.
9.1 CRITICAL (3.1)
nvd@nist.gov severity; no combined Null risk score.
8.8 HIGH (4.0)
security-advisories@github.com severity; no combined Null risk score.
0.345%
FIRST EPSS model v2026.06.15; exploitation probability over 30 days, percentile 0.28062. Missing scores are unknown.
As of · FIRST EPSS
02 / Applicability
The affected context
Affected versions, configuration prerequisites and known exclusions are public. Confirm each one against the deployed service.
mantisbt/mantisbt
source listedECOSYSTEM: introduced 0; fixed 2.27.2
Due to an incorrect use of loose (`==`) instead of strict (`===`) comparison in the [authentication code][1], PHP type juggling will cause interpretation of certain MD5 hashes as numbers, specifically those matching scientific notation. [1]: https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/blob/0fb502dd613991e892ed2224ac5ea3e40ba632bc/core/authentication_api.php#L782 ### Impact On MantisBT instances configured to use the *MD5* login method, user accounts having a password hash evaluating to zero (i.e. matching regex `^0+[Ee][0-9]+$`) are vulnerable, allowing an attacker knowing the victim's username to login without knowledge of their actual password, using any other password having a hash evaluating to zero, for example `comito5` (0e579603064547166083907005281618). No password bruteforcing for individual users is needed, thus $g_max_failed_login_count does not protect against the attack. ### Patches * https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/966554a19cf1bdbcfbfb3004766979faa748f9a2 ### Workarounds Check the database for vulnerable accounts, and change those users' passwords, e.g. for MySQL: ```sql SELECT username, email FROM mantis_user_table WHERE password REGEXP '^0+[Ee][0-9]+$' `
03 / Response
What to do next
- vendor patch
The original advisory lists fixed boundaries 2.27.2 for mantisbt/mantisbt. Confirm the publisher’s latest guidance.
Confirm current vendor support, compatibility and deployment evidence. This report has not tested a fix in your system. GitHub Advisory Database via OSV
- investigate
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Confirm current vendor support, compatibility and deployment evidence. This report has not tested a fix in your system. FIRST EPSS
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04 / Limits
What this report cannot establish
- Customer inventory, deployment, reachability and exploitation have not been inspected.
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05 / Provenance
Sources you can inspect
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- GHSA-4v8w-gg5j-ph37 ↗
GitHub Advisory Database via OSV · vendor advisory
Observed . GitHub-origin advisory, CC-BY-4.0; OSV is an aggregate copy, not independent corroboration.
- CVE-2025-47776 ↗
NIST National Vulnerability Database · official catalog
Observed . This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- CVE-2025-47776 ↗
FIRST EPSS · official catalog
Observed . FIRST EPSS; probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, not local compromise. Dataset date/model retained; FIRST services terms apply.
Public revision history
Only published revisions appear here. Routine fetches do not create a material-change event.
- Revision 3 ·
Source facts changed; compare the preserved prior revision.
- Revision 2 ·
Dated EPSS estimate updated; this is not a new disclosure or proof of exploitation.
- Revision 1 ·
First indexed by Null; source disclosure date is shown separately.