# CVE-2024-0204: GoAnywhere MFT - Authentication Bypass

> Live exploitation tracking for CVE-2024-0204 by the CrowdSec Live Exploit Tracker, built from real-world attack data crowdsourced from CrowdSec's global network.

Page: https://tracker.crowdsec.net/cves/CVE-2024-0204

## Key facts

- **Exploitation phase:** Background Noise. Continuous low-level scanning or exploitation attempts are observed, mostly opportunistic and automated.
- **CVSS score:** 9.8
- **Public exploit available:** Yes
- **Affected products:** Fortra GoAnywhere MFT
- **Weaknesses:** CWE-425 (Direct Request ('Forced Browsing'))
- **Tags:** file_sharing

## 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.

## CrowdSec analysis

[CVE-2024-0204](https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/CVE-2024-0204) is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT prior to version 7.4.1, allowing unauthorized users to create admin accounts through the administration portal. This flaw could enable attackers to gain full administrative control over the system, leading to potential data breaches, system manipulation, and further exploitation of sensitive information.

CrowdSec has been tracking this vulnerability and its exploits since 25th of September 2025.

CrowdSec network data shows that most actors exploiting CVE-2024-0204 rely on broad, untargeted scans with minimal filtering. The activity is largely automated and opportunistic in nature.
Data from the CrowdSec community also indicates a gradual decrease in attacks targeting CVE-2024-0204. While still present in the wild, exploitation levels have dropped noticeably week-over-week. This may signal that the vulnerability is becoming less relevant or that defenses are improving fast enough for attackers to lose interest.

Attackers exploit authentication bypass by sending requests to URLs containing `/goanywhere/images/..;/wizard/InitialAccountSetup.xhtml`, allowing unauthorized creation of administrator accounts on Fortra GoAnywhere MFT systems.

## Timeline

- 2024-01-22: CVE Published. CVE-2024-0204 is published to NVD.
- 2025-09-25: Rule Released. CrowdSec releases a rule to detect CVE-2024-0204 exploitation attempts against the CrowdSec Network.
- 2025-09-25: CrowdSec First Seen. CrowdSec observes in-the-wild exploitation of CVE-2024-0204 for the first time.

## References

- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176974/Fortra-GoAnywhere-MFT-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- https://my.goanywhere.com/webclient/ViewSecurityAdvisories.xhtml
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176683/GoAnywhere-MFT-Authentication-Bypass.html
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-0204.yaml

## Live exploitation data

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