# CVE-2024-4286: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in mintplex-labs/anything-llm

- Severity: CVSS 4.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.0.0
- Published: 2024-05-26 · Updated: 2024-08-01

## Affected

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

## Description

Mintplex-Labs' anything-llm application is vulnerable to improper neutralization of special elements used in an expression language statement, identified in the commit id `57984fa85c31988b2eff429adfc654c46e0c342a`. The vulnerability arises from the application's handling of user modifications by managers or admins, allowing for the modification of all existing attributes of the `user` database entity without proper checks or sanitization. This flaw can be exploited to delete user threads, denying users access to their previously submitted data, or to inject fake threads and/or chat history for social engineering attacks.

## 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.
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## References

- https://huntr.com/bounties/a72d2923-297c-455f-af90-715e83b3da2b
- https://github.com/mintplex-labs/anything-llm/commit/1b35bcbeab10b77e6dbd263cceecf1b965a40789

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