# CVE-2024-3101: Privilege Escalation via Improper Input Validation in mintplex-labs/anything-llm

> Attackers can escalate privileges to admin by disabling multi-user mode via crafted request, allowing unauthorized access.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.7 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 10 Apr 2024
- **Updated:** 21 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-f7cx-hq8m-95w6

## What is CVE-2024-3101?

CVE-2024-3101 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mintplexlabs Anythingllm, published on 10 Apr 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In mintplex-labs/anything-llm, an improper input validation vulnerability allows attackers to escalate privileges by deactivating 'Multi-User Mode'. By sending a specially crafted curl request with the 'multi_user_mode' parameter set to false, an attacker can deactivate 'Multi-User Mode'. This action permits the creation of a new admin user without requiring a password, leading to unauthorized administrative access.

Weakness: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-3101?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Mintplexlabs Anythingllm.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-3101?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-3101 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-3101 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-3101 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-2024-3101 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-3101 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mintplexlabs Anythingllm, published on 10 Apr 2024. 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-2024-3101 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-2024-3101/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3101/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-3101
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-3101
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-3101

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3101/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.