CVE 5.3 MEDIUM

Broken Access Control Leads to Limited Denial of Service in GoAnywhere MFT 7.8.0 and earlier_CVE-2025-3871

5.3 / 10
MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Description

Broken access control in Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT prior to 7.8.1 allows an attacker to create a denial of service situation when configured to use GoAnywhere One-Time Password (GOTP) email two-factor authentication (2FA) and the user has not set an email address. In this scenario, the attacker may enter the email address of a known user when prompted and the user will be disabled if that user has configured GOTP.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2025-3871
Source Fortra
Published Jul 16, 2025 at 14:00
Modified Jul 18, 2025 at 14:52

Affected Product

Vendor Fortra
Product GoAnywhere MFT
Affected Versions Fortra GoAnywhere MFT 0

CWE Classification

References

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