---
id: CVE-2026-47142
aliases:
  - GHSA-mw6p-33vw-46cc
title: 'MantisBT: SQL Injection via history_order Configuration Value'
summary: 'MantisBT: SQL Injection via history_order Configuration Value'
severity: high
cwe:
  - CWE-89
vendor: mantisbt
product: mantisbt/mantisbt
ecosystem: composer
affected:
  - mantisbt/mantisbt <= 2.28.3
patched:
  - mantisbt/mantisbt 2.28.4
published: '2026-07-15'
updated: '2026-07-15'
source: GHSA
sourceUrl: 'https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mw6p-33vw-46cc'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/security/advisories/GHSA-mw6p-33vw-46cc
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/6ad20bea2e01f33c6e4170775ae4d9dbe2c75325
  - url: 'https://mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=37123'
  - url: 'https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mw6p-33vw-46cc'
tags:
  - ghsa
  - composer
ingestedAt: '2026-07-15T16:44:19.543Z'
---

## Overview

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
- https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/6ad20bea2e01f33c6e4170775ae4d9dbe2c75325

### Workarounds
_Is there a way for users to fix or remediate the vulnerability without upgrading?_

### Resources
- https://mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=37123

### Credits
McCaulay Hudson (@McCaulay) of watchTowr

## Affected packages

- `mantisbt/mantisbt <= 2.28.3`

## Remediation

Upgrade to a patched release:

- `mantisbt/mantisbt 2.28.4`