# CVE-2023-28637: DataEase AWS redshift data source exists for remote code execution vulnerability

> Attackers can achieve remote code execution via unsanitized input in the AWS Redshift data source of DataEase.

- **Severity:** High 8.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 28 Mar 2023
- **Updated:** 18 Feb 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8wg2-9gwc-5fx2

## What is CVE-2023-28637?

CVE-2023-28637 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in Dataease Dataease, published on 28 Mar 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

DataEase is an open source data visualization analysis tool. In Dataease users are normally allowed to modify data and the data sources are expected to properly sanitize data. The AWS redshift data source does not provide data sanitization which may lead to remote code execution. This vulnerability has been fixed in v1.18.5. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-74 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-28637?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Dataease Dataease.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-28637?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-28637 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-28637 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-28637 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Dataease Dataease

- [CVE-2024-57707](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-57707/): Code injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-46997](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-46997/): DataEase's H2 datasource has a remote command execution risk (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-33963](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-33963/): DataEase data source has deserialization vulnerability (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-28437](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28437/): SQL injection vulnerability due to the keyword blacklist for defending against SQL injection will be bypassed (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-39312](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-39312/): Dataease Mysql Data Source JDBC Connection Parameters Not Verified Leads to Deserialization Vulnerability (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-28637 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-28637 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in Dataease Dataease, published on 28 Mar 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-28637 exists.

Affected product: Dataease Dataease. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28637/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28637/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-28637
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-28637
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-28637

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28637/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.