CVE-2025-3871 (GCVE-0-2025-3871)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-07-16 14:00 – Updated: 2025-07-18 14:52
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Title
Broken Access Control Leads to Limited Denial of Service in GoAnywhere MFT 7.8.0 and earlier
Summary
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.
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
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Fortra GoAnywhere MFT Affected: 0 , < 7.8.1 (custom)
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