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high 7.5

CVE-2024-5216 json

Denial of Service in mintplex-labs/anything-llm

published 2024-06-25 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-46456

cvss
7.5
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 48%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A vulnerability in mintplex-labs/anything-llm allows for a Denial of Service (DoS) condition due to uncontrolled resource consumption. Specifically, the issue arises from the application's failure to limit the size of usernames, enabling attackers to create users with excessively bulky texts in the username field. This exploit results in the user management panel becoming unresponsive, preventing administrators from performing critical user management actions such as editing, suspending, or deleting users. The impact of this vulnerability includes administrative paralysis, compromised security, and operational disruption, as it allows malicious users to perpetuate their presence within the system indefinitely, undermines the system's security posture, and degrades overall system performance.

Patch / fix

  • mintplex-labs mintplex-labs/anything-llm 1.0.0
  • mintplexlabs anythingllm 1.0.0

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 48% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • huntr.com https://huntr.com/bounties/8ec14991-ee35-493d-a8d3-21a1cfd57869 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • mintplex-labs mintplex-labs/anything-llm
  • mintplexlabs anythingllm

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

Sources

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