MantisBT 2.28.1 Released

Security release addressing:

  • A critical vulnerability affecting the SOAP API on MySQL (CVE-2026-30849);
  • Two HTML injection / XSS issues with tag names (CVE-2026-33517 and CVE-2026-33548).

Many thanks to Alexander Philiotis of SynerComm and Vishal Shukla for discovering and responsibly reporting the issues.

A few regression issues introduced in 2.28.0 have been fixed as well. Please refer to the Change Log for complete details.

All installations are advised to upgrade as soon as possible.

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Critical Security Issue in MantisBT <= 2.28.0

A critical vulnerability (CVE-2026-30849) has been identified in MantisBT 2.28.0 and earlier releases, affecting instances running on MySQL and compatible databases.

MantisBT 2.28.1 includes a fix addressing the issue and is be available since Monday, March 16th 2026. All installations are advised to upgrade immediately.

Considering the issue’s nature and high severity, this advance notice was published early to inform administrators so they can plan ahead and patch their systems before complete details about the issue became available to the general public, in the hope that exposed systems are updated before the vulnerability can be exploited. Full disclosure took place on March 23rd.

We would like to thank to Alexander Philiotis of SynerComm for discovering and responsibly reporting the issue.

MantisBT 2.28.0 Released

This long-awaited release includes nearly 80 enhancements and bug fixes. Here are a few highlights among the many changes, please refer to the Change Log for complete details.

  • Compatibility with PHP 8.4 and 8.5
  • Improved documentation, including an OpenAPI Description for the REST API.
  • Better Tags management
  • Restored included pages functionality (top/bottom_include_page options and triggering of EVENT_LAYOUT_PAGE_HEADER)

Special thanks to Nikolay Raspopov for his significant contribution to this release.

All installations are advised to upgrade as soon as possible.

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MantisBT 2.27.3 Released

Hotfix release addressing a couple of regression issues affecting Admin Checks introduced by 2.27.2. Please refer to the Change Log for details.

All installations are advised to upgrade as soon as possible.

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MantisBT 2.27.2 Released

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Note that MantisBT 2.27 is only compatible with PHP up to version 8.3. Upcoming 2.28.0 release will bring support for PHP 8.4 and later.

MantisBT 2.27.2

Maintenance and security release addressing 4 vulnerabilities:

It also includes a score of other bug fixes and improvements. Please refer to the Change Log for details.

All installations are advised to upgrade as soon as possible.