Authenticated configuration tampering via missing administrator check
Published Oct 30, 2023 · Updated Sep 6, 2024
Improper access control in AnythingLLM before 0.1.0 allows remote authenticated users to alter protected system configuration. The system settings endpoint passes user-supplied values to updateENV without first requiring the authenticated user to hold the administrator role. In multi-user mode, an ordinary account can rewrite environment-backed settings, including authentication secrets, and gain unauthorized control over application configuration.
Summary
What happened
Improper access control in AnythingLLM before 0.1.0 allows remote authenticated users to alter protected system configuration. The system settings endpoint passes user-supplied values to updateENV without first requiring the authenticated user to hold the administrator role. In multi-user mode, an ordinary account can rewrite environment-backed settings, including authentication secrets, and gain unauthorized control over application configuration.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-5833
- Published
- Oct 30, 2023
- Updated
- Sep 6, 2024
- Vendor
- Mintplex Labs
- Product
- AnythingLLM
- Classifications
- CWE-284
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Oct 30, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 6, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <0.1.0
- Affected versionversion=unspecified <0.1.0
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