# CVE-2024-10513: Path Traversal in mintplex-labs/anything-llm

> Attackers with manager role can exploit path traversal to move, download, and delete the database file, leading to data exposure and privilege escalation.

- **Severity:** High 7.2 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 20 Mar 2025
- **Updated:** 20 Mar 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-45p5-8q33-98hw

## What is CVE-2024-10513?

CVE-2024-10513 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Mintplexlabs Anythingllm, published on 20 Mar 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A path traversal vulnerability exists in the 'document uploads manager' feature of mintplex-labs/anything-llm, affecting the latest version prior to 1.2.2. This vulnerability allows users with the 'manager' role to access and manipulate the 'anythingllm.db' database file. By exploiting the vulnerable endpoint '/api/document/move-files', an attacker can move the database file to a publicly accessible directory, download it, and subsequently delete it. This can lead to unauthorized access to sensitive data, privilege escalation, and potential data loss.

Weakness: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory), CWE-23 (Relative Path Traversal)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-10513?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Mintplexlabs Anythingllm.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-10513?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-10513 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-10513 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-10513 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-2024-10513 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-10513 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Mintplexlabs Anythingllm, published on 20 Mar 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-10513 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-2024-10513/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-10513/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-10513
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-10513
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-10513

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-10513/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.