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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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.
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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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