Authenticated arbitrary folder deletion via path traversal
Published Feb 27, 2024 · Updated Apr 22, 2025
Path traversal in AnythingLLM before 1.0.0 allows remote authenticated users to recursively delete arbitrary server folders. The purgeFolder function resolves an attacker-controlled folderName and passes the resulting path to recursive fs.rmSync without verifying that it remains inside the documents directory. Access to the protected document-removal endpoint is required, and successful exploitation can erase server data outside the document store.
Summary
What happened
Path traversal in AnythingLLM before 1.0.0 allows remote authenticated users to recursively delete arbitrary server folders. The purgeFolder function resolves an attacker-controlled folderName and passes the resulting path to recursive fs.rmSync without verifying that it remains inside the documents directory. Access to the protected document-removal endpoint is required, and successful exploitation can erase server data outside the document store.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-0763
- Published
- Feb 27, 2024
- Updated
- Apr 22, 2025
- Vendor
- Mintplex Labs
- Product
- AnythingLLM
- Classifications
- CWE-22, T1485
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Feb 27, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 22, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <1.0.0
- Affected versionversion=unspecified <1.0.0
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Public exploit references
- huntr proof of concept for recursive folder deletionproof of concept · demonstrated
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