"value":"Authentication bypass in Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT prior to 7.4.1 allows an unauthorized user to create an admin user via the administration portal."
}
]
},
"problemtype":{
"problemtype_data":[
{
"description":[
{
"lang":"eng",
"value":"CWE-425 Direct Request ('Forced Browsing')",
"value":"Users are encouraged to apply defense-in-depth tactics to limit access to the administrative console. Do not expose the console to the internet and apply web application controls such as a WAF, monitoring, and access controls. "
}
],
"value":"Users are encouraged to apply defense-in-depth tactics to limit access to the administrative console. Do not expose the console to the internet and apply web application controls such as a WAF, monitoring, and access controls.\u00a0"
}
],
"solution":[
{
"lang":"en",
"supportingMedia":[
{
"base64":false,
"type":"text/html",
"value":"Upgrade to version 7.4.1 or higher. The vulnerability may also be eliminated in non-container deployments by deleting the InitialAccountSetup.xhtml file in the install directory and restarting the services. For container-deployed instances, replace the file with an empty file and restart. For additional information, see <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://my.goanywhere.com/webclient/ViewSecurityAdvisories.xhtml\">https://my.goanywhere.com/webclient/ViewSecurityAdvisories.xhtml</a> (registration required).<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://my.goanywhere.com/webclient/ViewSecurityAdvisories.xhtml\"></a>"
}
],
"value":"Upgrade to version 7.4.1 or higher. The vulnerability may also be eliminated in non-container deployments by deleting the\u00a0InitialAccountSetup.xhtml file in the install directory and restarting the services. For container-deployed instances, replace the file with an empty file and restart. For additional information, see\u00a0 https://my.goanywhere.com/webclient/ViewSecurityAdvisories.xhtml https://my.goanywhere.com/webclient/ViewSecurityAdvisories.xhtml \u00a0(registration required). https://my.goanywhere.com/webclient/ViewSecurityAdvisories.xhtml "
}
],
"credits":[
{
"lang":"en",
"value":"Mohammed Eldeeb & Islam Elrfai, Spark Engineering Consultants"