CVE-2024-0550 Privileged User using traversal to read system files
Privileged users can exploit path traversal in profile picture handling to read arbitrary system files via the frontend API.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-0550?
CVE-2024-0550 is a critical path traversal vulnerability in Mintplexlabs Anythingllm, published on 28 Feb 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A user who is privileged already `manager` or `admin` can set their profile picture via the frontend API using a relative filepath to then user the PFP GET API to download any valid files.
The attacker would have to have been granted privileged permissions to the system before executing this attack.
Weakness: CWE-23
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-0550?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mintplexlabs Anythingllm.
How do I fix CVE-2024-0550?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-0550 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2024-0550 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-0550 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in Mintplexlabs Anythingllm
- CVE-2024-3025 Path Traversal in mintplex-labs/anything-llm
- CVE-2024-0455 SSRF on AWS deployed instances of AnythingLLM via /metadata
- CVE-2026-32626 AnythingLLM has a Streaming Phase XSS to RCE via LLM Response Injection
- CVE-2024-3104 Remote Code Execution in mintplex-labs/anything-llm
- CVE-2024-3149 SSRF in mintplex-labs/anything-llm
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6hmr-48fm-wfhx.