CVE-2024-6842 | Exposure of Sensitive Information in mintplex-labs/anything-llm

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In version 1.5.5 of mintplex-labs/anything-llm, the `/setup-complete` API endpoint allows unauthorized users to access sensitive system settings. The data returned by the `currentSettings` function includes sensitive information such as API keys for search engines, which can be exploited by attackers to steal these keys and cause loss of user assets.

Published: 2025-03-20 Last update: 2025-10-15 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2024-6842 is rated High Exploit Risk (76.6/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 70.23%, 99th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2024-6842

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-6842

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 2026-05-05 73.20% 70.23% -2.97%
2 2026-04-30 73.98% 73.20% -0.79%
3 2026-04-28 73.98%

Full EPSS history (25 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-6842

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.0 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N 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:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
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:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
3.9 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-6842

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-6842

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mintplexlabs anythingllm 1.5.5 cpe:2.3:a:mintplexlabs:anythingllm:1.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2024-6842

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