CVE-2024-0204
CRITICALCVE-2024-0204 is a critical-severity (CVSS 9.8) CWE-425 vulnerability. 7 public exploit references exist, so weaponization risk is real. No vendor fix is recorded yet; mitigation options are listed below.
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.
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- CISA assesses this as automatable — exploitation doesn’t require manual, per-target effort, which raises the odds of mass scanning and opportunistic attacks.
- A successful exploit gives an attacker total control of the affected component, not partial access.
- CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2024-0204.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
CVE-2024-0204 by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). In the shaded patch-first corner (EPSS 50%+, CVSS 7.0+).
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 394,415 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the ≥ 90% band (highlighted). Counts from FIRST.org, log-scaled.
Description
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.
Affected Products
goanywhere managed file transferfortraResearch use only. For defensive security, authorized penetration testing, and academic research only. Never execute exploit code against systems without explicit written authorization.
Fortra GoAnywhere MFT 7.4.1 - Authentication Bypass
by İbrahimsql · May 29, 2025
Detection & mitigation playbook
VulnerabilityDetect
Identify every host running the affected component and compare the installed build against the fixed version below — for source-built or distro-packaged software the version string, not a lockfile, is the source of truth (`dpkg -l`, `rpm -q`, or the binary's own `--version`).
Remediation status
No fixed release is recorded for CVE-2024-0204 yet. Track the upstream advisory, and apply the exposure-reduction steps below in the meantime.
Mitigate without a patch
Put an independent control in front of the weakness: restrict the affected endpoint or interface to trusted networks, require an additional authentication factor or proxy-level check, and invalidate existing sessions and credentials in case the flaw has already been used.
How to detect CVE-2024-0204
A community-maintained Nuclei template exists for this CVE. You can scan for it directly:
nuclei -id cve-2024-0204 -u https://target- Template
- Fortra GoAnywhere MFT - Authentication Bypass
- Severity
- critical
- Impact
- Unauthenticated attackers can bypass authentication to create administrator accounts, leading to complete control over the GoAnywhere MFT system and access to all managed file transfers and sensitive data.
- Remediation
- Upgrade to Fortra GoAnywhere MFT version 7.4.1 or later.
Template by ProjectDiscovery nuclei-templates (DhiyaneshDK), MIT licensed. View the full template. Scan only systems you are authorised to test.
Frequently Asked Questions
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