AnythingllmApplication · Mintplexlabs

CVE-2024-0404

CRITICAL · 9.1 CVSS v3.0 Published 2024-04-16
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 1.0.0 or later.
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100/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
Public exploit Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click Patch available

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
A mass assignment vulnerability exists in the `/api/invite/:code` endpoint of the mintplex-labs/anything-llm repository, allowing unauthorized creation of high-privileged accounts. By intercepting and modifying the HTTP request during the account creation process via an invitation link, an attacker can add a `role` property with `admin` value, thereby gaining administrative access. This issue arises due to the lack of property allowlisting and blocklisting, enabling the attacker to exploit the system and perform actions as an administrator.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

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NVD · CPE data
AnythingllmApplication
Affected:< 1.0.0

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

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dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to 1.0.0 or later
Fixed in 1.0.0
Vendor patch github.com →
Recommended fix High confidence

Anythingllm 1.0.0 or later stable release

  1. 1. Identify the current installed version of Anythingllm
  2. 2. If running a version prior to 1.0.0, plan for upgrade to version 1.0.0 or later which contains the security fix
  3. 3. Review the vendor patch at commit 8cd3a92c660b202655d99bee90b2864694c99946 to understand the code-level fix (property allowlisting implemented)
  4. 4. Before upgrading in production, backup the current instance and data
  5. 5. Perform upgrade to Anythingllm version 1.0.0 or latest stable release
  6. 6. After upgrade, verify the /api/invite/:code endpoint now properly validates and ignores unauthorized properties like 'role'
  7. 7. Review existing admin accounts to ensure no unauthorized admins were created during vulnerability window
Caveat Review Anythingllm 1.0.0 release notes for any breaking changes from previous versions

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

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