CVE-2024-4284 | Denial of Service in mintplex-labs/anything-llm

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A vulnerability in mintplex-labs/anything-llm allows for a denial of service (DoS) condition through the modification of a user's `id` attribute to a value of 0. This issue affects the current version of the software, with the latest commit id `57984fa85c31988b2eff429adfc654c46e0c342a`. By exploiting this vulnerability, an attacker, with manager or admin privileges, can render a chosen account completely inaccessible. The application's mechanism for suspending accounts does not provide a means to reverse this condition through the UI, leading to uncontrolled resource consumption. The vulnerability is introduced due to the lack of input validation and sanitization in the user modification endpoint and the middleware's token validation logic. This issue has been addressed in version 1.0.0 of the software.

Published: 2024-05-19 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2024-4284 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.56%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2024-4284

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-4284

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.14% 0.56% +0.42%
2 2025-11-21 0.26% 0.14% -0.12%
3 2025-11-18 — 0.26% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-4284

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.9 3.0 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:H)
They need powerful rights—admin, root, or similar—before this pays off.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.2 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-4284

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-4284

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mintplexlabs anythingllm < 1.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:mintplexlabs:anythingllm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2024-4284

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