Administrative takeover via error-triggered user deletion
Published Apr 16, 2024 · Updated Aug 9, 2024
Improper input validation in AnythingLLM before 1.0.0 allows remote authenticated users to delete users and obtain administrative access. The enable-multi-user handler parses the request body before checking the existing mode, so malformed JSON reaches error cleanup that deletes all users and disables multi-user mode. An existing low-privileged session and user interaction are required; exploitation removes every account and permits control through a replacement administrator account.
Summary
What happened
Improper input validation in AnythingLLM before 1.0.0 allows remote authenticated users to delete users and obtain administrative access. The enable-multi-user handler parses the request body before checking the existing mode, so malformed JSON reaches error cleanup that deletes all users and disables multi-user mode. An existing low-privileged session and user interaction are required; exploitation removes every account and permits control through a replacement administrator account.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-3029
- Published
- Apr 16, 2024
- Updated
- Aug 9, 2024
- Vendor
- Mintplex Labs
- Product
- AnythingLLM
- Classifications
- CWE-20, T1531
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Apr 16, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 9, 2024Record 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 CVE-2024-3029 proof of conceptproof of concept · unverified
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