CVE-2025-47776 HIGH

CVE-2025-47776: MantisBT: Authentication bypass for some passwords due to PHP type juggling

Vendor Mantisbt
Product mantisbt
Weakness CWE-305
Published November 4, 2025
Last update November 5, 2025

CVSS base score

8.8/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality
Integrity

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Mantis Bug Tracker (MantisBT) is an open source issue tracker. Due to incorrect use of loose (==) instead of strict (===) comparison in the authentication code in versions 2.27.1 and below.PHP type juggling will cause certain MD5 hashes matching scientific notation to be interpreted as numbers. Instances using the MD5 login method allow an attacker who knows the victim's username and has access to an account with a password hash that evaluates to zero to log in without knowing the victim's actual password, by using any other password with a hash that also evaluates to zero This issue is fixed in version 2.27.2.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

November 4, 2025 CVE published
November 5, 2025 Record updated