# CVE-2024-4287: Improper Input Validation in mintplex-labs/anything-llm

> A manager can create administrator accounts by sending unvalidated JSON to the workspace update endpoint, leading to privilege escalation.

- **Severity:** High 8.1 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N`)
- **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:** 20 May 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-953g-4rmq-23v8

## What is CVE-2024-4287?

CVE-2024-4287 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Mintplexlabs Anythingllm, published on 20 May 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In mintplex-labs/anything-llm, a vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in the workspace update process. Specifically, the application fails to validate or format JSON data sent in an HTTP POST request to `/api/workspace/:workspace-slug/update`, allowing it to be executed as part of a database query without restrictions. This flaw enables users with a manager role to craft a request that includes nested write operations, effectively allowing them to create new Administrator accounts.

Weakness: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-4287?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Mintplexlabs Anythingllm.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-4287?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-4287 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-4287 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-4287 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-2024-4287 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-4287 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Mintplexlabs Anythingllm, published on 20 May 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-2024-4287 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-2024-4287/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4287/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-4287
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-4287
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-4287

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4287/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.