CVE-2024-55965
Published: 26 March 2025
Summary
CVE-2024-55965 is a medium-severity Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863) vulnerability in Appsmith Appsmith. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Valid Accounts (T1078); ranked in the top 24.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-54311
Vulnerability details
An issue was discovered in Appsmith before 1.51. Users invited as "App Viewer" incorrectly have access to development information of a workspace (specifically, a list of datasources in a workspace they're a member of). This information disclosure does not expose…
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sensitive data in the datasources, such as database passwords and API Keys.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
The broken access control vulnerability allows valid low-privilege 'App Viewer' accounts (T1078) to query and disclose a list of datasources from the Appsmith workspace, facilitating collection of data from an information repository (T1213).
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Periodic review and update of procedures reduces incorrect authorization implementations over time.
Supervision identifies cases where authorization logic incorrectly permits unauthorized actions.
Defining permitted attribute values and auditing modifications reduces the chance of incorrect authorization outcomes due to tampered or missing labels.
The authorization process and usage restrictions help prevent incorrect authorization for remote access types.
Establishing configuration and connection requirements helps ensure correct rather than incorrect authorization for wireless access.
Establishing connection authorization processes for mobile devices helps ensure authorization decisions are correctly implemented rather than incorrect.
Monitoring account use, notifying on changes, and reviewing accounts for compliance corrects incorrect authorization assignments.
Ensures authorization decisions for external system use are correctly implemented and enforced.