CVE-2024-0204
Fortra Goanywhere Managed File Transfer 7.0.0 – 7.4.1
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.
Summary
CVE-2024-0204 is a critical-severity Forced Browsing (CWE-425) vulnerability in Fortra Goanywhere Managed File Transfer. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Proc Filesystem (T1003.007); ranked in the top 0.1% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to AC-24 (Access Control Decisions) and AC-3 (Access Enforcement) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary
Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.
CVE-2024-0204 is an authentication bypass vulnerability in Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT software prior to version 7.4.1. The flaw, assigned CWE-425, resides in the administration portal and permits an unauthenticated remote attacker to directly create an administrative user account without any prior credentials or user interaction.
An attacker with network access to the exposed administration interface can exploit the issue to provision a new admin account, after which they obtain full control over the managed file transfer environment. This results in complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability, consistent with the CVSS 9.8 rating.
Vendor advisories from Fortra direct customers to upgrade to GoAnywhere MFT 7.4.1 or later; the security advisory FI-2024-001 and the customer portal list the fixed release along with remediation guidance. Public exploit code for both the authentication bypass and subsequent unauthenticated remote code execution has been posted to Packet Storm.
The EPSS score has reached a peak of 0.9336 with a current value of 0.9305, indicating sustained high exploitation interest following disclosure.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-16003
Vulnerability Data
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.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
AC-3 directly requires enforcement of authorizations for access to resources such as URLs, scripts, and files, structurally preventing forced browsing.
AC-24 requires that access-control decisions be applied to every request, addressing the missing enforcement on restricted URLs.
AC-6 requires restricting authorizations to the minimum needed, reducing the set of resources that must be protected against direct requests.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
A.5.15 directly requires defining/implementing access control rules, authorization, need-to-know, and restrictions that enforce appropriate access on all URLs/resources, which stops forced browsing exploitation even if the flaw remains; remainder is bounded to non-authorization cases like path traversal or CSRF (per AC-3 anchor).