CVE-2024-5211Public exploitNetwork attack vector

File compromise via custom-logo path normalization bypass

Published Jun 12, 2024 · Updated Aug 1, 2024

Path traversal in AnythingLLM before 1.0.0 allows remote authenticated users with manager access to read, overwrite, or delete stored files. The custom-logo upload path passes filenames through normalizePath, which failed to replace embedded whitespace before stripping leading parent-directory segments. Manager access in a multi-user instance is required; exposed database, key, or environment files can enable service interruption or administrator takeover.

CVSS severity7.2
High
EPSS probability1.05%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Path traversal in AnythingLLM before 1.0.0 allows remote authenticated users with manager access to read, overwrite, or delete stored files. The custom-logo upload path passes filenames through normalizePath, which failed to replace embedded whitespace before stripping leading parent-directory segments. Manager access in a multi-user instance is required; exposed database, key, or environment files can enable service interruption or administrator takeover.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-5211
Published
Jun 12, 2024
Updated
Aug 1, 2024
Vendor
Mintplex Labs
Product
AnythingLLM
Classifications
CWE-29, T1005, T1485
Attack vector
network
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Jun 12, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Aug 1, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=0 <1.0.0
  2. Affected versionversion=unspecified <1.0.0

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

Mintplex Labs · AnythingLLMversion=0 <1.0.0; version=unspecified <1.0.0

Published CVSS scores

9.1huntr.devCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.2NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Attacks

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitPublished

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-29Path Traversal: '\..\filename'
T1005Data from Local System
T1485Data Destruction

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