Stored XSS leading to Admin Account Takeover in mintplex-labs/anything-llm
3Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 0epss 0.3%
exploitation probability
0.3%top 76% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
A stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the chat functionality of the mintplex-labs/anything-llm repository, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the context of a user's session. By manipulating the ChatBot responses, an attacker can inject malicious scripts to perform actions on behalf of the user, such as creating a new admin account or changing the user's password, leading to a complete takeover of the AnythingLLM application. The vulnerability stems from the improper sanitization of user and ChatBot input, specifically through the use of `dangerouslySetInnerHTML`. Successful exploitation requires convincing an admin to add a malicious LocalAI ChatBot to their AnythingLLM instance.
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:N
Affected products
mintplex-labs · mintplex-labs/anything-llm