# CVE-2024-0549: Relative Path Traversal in mintplex-labs/anything-llm

> Attackers with default role accounts can delete critical files via path traversal, compromising data integrity and availability in AnythingLLM.

- **Severity:** High 8.1 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H`)
- **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:** 16 Apr 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8xw7-2r28-f569

## What is CVE-2024-0549?

CVE-2024-0549 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Mintplexlabs Anythingllm, published on 16 Apr 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

mintplex-labs/anything-llm is vulnerable to a relative path traversal attack, allowing unauthorized attackers with a default role account to delete files and folders within the filesystem, including critical database files such as 'anythingllm.db'. The vulnerability stems from insufficient input validation and normalization in the handling of file and folder deletion requests. Successful exploitation results in the compromise of data integrity and availability.

Weakness: CWE-23 (Relative Path Traversal)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-0549?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Mintplexlabs Anythingllm.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-0549?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-0549 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-0549 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-0549 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-2024-0549 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-0549 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Mintplexlabs Anythingllm, published on 16 Apr 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-2024-0549 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-2024-0549/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0549/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-0549
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0549
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-0549

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0549/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.