CVE-2023-32680 Missing SQL permissions check in metabase
Attackers can edit SQL snippets without proper permissions, potentially bypassing data access restrictions and escalating privileges in Metabase.
- 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
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-32680?
CVE-2023-32680 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in metabase, published on 18 May 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
Metabase is an open source business analytics engine. To edit SQL Snippets, Metabase should have required people to be in at least one group with native query editing permissions to a database–but affected versions of Metabase didn't enforce that requirement. This lack of enforcement meant that: Anyone–including people in sandboxed groups–could edit SQL snippets. They could edit snippets via the API or, in the application UI, when editing the metadata for a model based on a SQL question, and people in sandboxed groups could edit a SQL snippet used in a query that creates their sandbox. If the snippet contained logic that restricted which data that person could see, they could potentially edit that snippet and change their level of data access. The permissions model for SQL snippets has been fixed in Metabase versions 0.46.3, 0.45.4, 0.44.7, 1.46.3, 1.45.4, and 1.44.7. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should ensure that SQL queries used to create sandboxes exclude SQL snippets.
Weakness: CWE-306
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-32680?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Metabase Metabase.
How do I fix CVE-2023-32680?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-32680 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2023-32680 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-32680 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-mw6j-f894-4qxv.