# CVE-2024-0439: User can manually send request at manager permission to modify system configurations

> Attackers with manager roles can bypass UI restrictions to modify system settings via direct HTTP requests, requiring a patch to enforce proper authorization checks.

- **Severity:** High 7.1 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 25 Feb 2024
- **Updated:** 21 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vmr3-wr3f-xmpw

## What is CVE-2024-0439?

CVE-2024-0439 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Mintplexlabs Anythingllm, published on 25 Feb 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

As a manager, you should not be able to modify a series of settings. In the UI this is indeed hidden as a convenience for the role since most managers would not be savvy enough to modify these settings. They can use their token to still modify those settings though through a standard HTTP request

While this is not a critical vulnerability, it does indeed need to be patched to enforce the expected permission level.

Weakness: CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-0439?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Mintplexlabs Anythingllm.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-0439?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-0439 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-0439 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-0439 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Mintplexlabs Anythingllm

- [CVE-2024-3025](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3025/): Path Traversal in mintplex-labs/anything-llm (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2024-0455](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0455/): SSRF on AWS deployed instances of AnythingLLM via /metadata (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2026-32626](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-32626/): AnythingLLM has a Streaming Phase XSS to RCE via LLM Response Injection (critical 9.7)
- [CVE-2024-3104](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3104/): Remote Code Execution in mintplex-labs/anything-llm (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2024-3149](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3149/): SSRF in mintplex-labs/anything-llm (critical 9.6)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-0439 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-0439 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Mintplexlabs Anythingllm, published on 25 Feb 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-0439 exists.

Affected product: Mintplexlabs Anythingllm. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0439/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0439/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-0439
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0439
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-0439

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0439/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.