Privilege Escalation in mintplex-labs/anything-llm

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-0798",
  "method": "structured",
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    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Privilege Escalation in mintplex-labs/anything-llm",
    "summary": "A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in mintplex-labs/anything-llm, allowing users with 'default' role to delete documents uploaded by 'admin'. Despite the intended restriction that prevents 'default' role users from deleting admin-uploaded documents, an attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted DELETE request to the /api/system/remove-document endpoint. This vulnerability is due to improper access control checks, enabling unauthorized document deletion and potentially leading to loss of data integrity.",
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      "affected": [
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              "repo": "https://github.com/mintplex-labs/anything-llm",
              "type": "GIT",
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      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:29.337064860Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://huntr.com/bounties/607f03a0-ab4d-4905-b253-3d28bbbd363c",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/0xxx/CVE-2024-0798.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0798",
        "https://github.com/mintplex-labs/anything-llm/commit/d5cde8b7c27a47ab45b05b441db16751537f1733"
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 496141,
  "published_at": "2024-02-25T16:42:19.494+00:00"
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