Medium severity · published May 19, 2026
CVE-2026-33052
MantisBT: Authorization Bypass in Global Profile Creation
5.3
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Mantis Bug Tracker (MantisBT) is an open source issue tracker. Versions 2.28.0 and 2.28.1 allow a low-privileged authenticated user assigned the "add_profile_threshold" permission 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. This issue has been fixed in version 2.28.2.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 27% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MA
mantisbt · mantisbt
>= 2.28.0, < 2.28.2 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-33052
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-33052
github.com
https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/3f952e68fa864e0e60abc3e84adecf3cfa84c75e
github.com
https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/security/advisories/GHSA-68w5-w573-q2r8
mantisbt.org
https://mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=36974
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