Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in mintplex-labs/anything-llm

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-4286",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in mintplex-labs/anything-llm",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2024-4286",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"
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      "affected": [
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              "repo": "https://github.com/mintplex-labs/anything-llm",
              "type": "GIT",
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                  "fixed": "013c0b9575ae6a87af87275e326041c4e0afeeee"
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                        "fixed": "1.0.0"
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                    ],
                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
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          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-4286.json"
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      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:26.488758324Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://huntr.com/bounties/a72d2923-297c-455f-af90-715e83b3da2b",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/4xxx/CVE-2024-4286.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-4286",
        "https://github.com/mintplex-labs/anything-llm/commit/1b35bcbeab10b77e6dbd263cceecf1b965a40789"
      ],
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        "cwe_ids": [
          "CWE-917"
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        "cna_assigner": "@huntr_ai",
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      }
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    "security_relevant": true,
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 492858,
  "published_at": "2024-05-26T22:25:12.285+00:00"
}