CVE-2024-0795 Create user API role not enforced
Attackers with admin or manager roles can create new admin users due to missing backend authorization checks, leading to privilege escalation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-0795?
CVE-2024-0795 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mintplexlabs Anythingllm, published on 2 Mar 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
If an attacked was given access to an instance with the admin or manager role there is no backend authentication that would prevent the attacked from creating a new user with an `admin` role and then be able to use this new account to have elevated privileges on the instance
Weakness: CWE-284
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-0795?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mintplexlabs Anythingllm.
How do I fix CVE-2024-0795?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-0795 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-0795 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-0795 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-78cj-mhpr-2qfm.