mintplex-labs anything-llm prior 1.0.0 Expression Language Statement expression language injection

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in mintplex-labs anything-llm. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Expression Language Statement Handler. Such manipulation leads to expression language injection. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-4286. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in mintplex-labs anything-llm and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Expression Language Statement Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a expression language injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-917. The product constructs all or part of an expression language (EL) statement in a framework such as a Java Server Page (JSP) using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended EL statement before it is executed. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

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.

The advisory is shared for download at huntr.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-4286 since 04/26/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are needed for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading to version 1.0.0 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 1b35bcbeab10b77e6dbd263cceecf1b965a40789 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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• Artificial Intelligence Software

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• mintplex-labs

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• anything-llm

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• open-source

Website

• Product: https://github.com/mintplex-labs/anything-llm/

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