Fortra GoAnywhere Managed File Transfer (MFT) < 7.8.1 Broken Access Control (fi-2025-009)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 265946

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Synopsis

A web application running on the remote server is affected by a broken access Control vulnerability.

Description

According to its self-reported version, the instance of Fortra GoAnywhere Managed File Transfer (MFT) running on the remote web server is prior to 7.8.1. It is, therefore, affected by a broken access Control vulnerability:

- 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. (CVE-2025-3871) Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Fortra GoAnywhere Managed File Transfer (MFT) 7.8.1 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 265946

File Name: fortra_goanywhere_mft_7_8_1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: combined

Agent: windows

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 9/26/2025

Updated: 9/26/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-3871

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:fortra:goanywhere_managed_file_transfer, cpe:/a:helpsystems:goanywhere_managed_file_transfer

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Fortra GoAnywhere MFT

Patch Publication Date: 7/15/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/15/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-3871

IAVB: 2025-B-0161

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