# CVE-2023-35164: Unauthorized users can manipulate a dashboard created by an administrator in DataEase

> Unauthorized users can modify administrator-created dashboards in DataEase due to missing authorization checks, requiring an upgrade to fix.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 26 Jun 2023
- **Updated:** 6 Nov 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-grxm-fc3h-3qgj

## What is CVE-2023-35164?

CVE-2023-35164 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Dataease Dataease, published on 26 Jun 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

DataEase is an open source data visualization analysis tool to analyze data and gain insight into business trends. In affected versions a missing authorization check allows unauthorized users to manipulate a dashboard created by the administrator. This vulnerability has been fixed in version 1.18.8. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-35164?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Dataease Dataease.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-35164?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-35164 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-35164 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-35164 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-2023-35164 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-35164 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Dataease Dataease, published on 26 Jun 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-35164 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-2023-35164/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-35164/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-35164
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-35164
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-35164

---
From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-35164/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.