CVE-2023-35937 Metersphere missing permission check

Medium 6.0 Published Updated

Attackers can escalate privileges to administrator by exploiting missing permission checks on key APIs in Metersphere.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
An administrator
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2023-35937?

CVE-2023-35937 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in metersphere, published on 6 Jul 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Metersphere is an open source continuous testing platform. In versions prior to 2.10.2 LTS, some key APIs in Metersphere lack permission checks. This allows ordinary users to execute APIs that can only be executed by space administrators or project administrators. For example, ordinary users can be updated as space administrators. Version 2.10.2 LTS has a patch for this issue.

Weakness: CWE-862

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-35937?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Metersphere Metersphere.

How do I fix CVE-2023-35937?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-35937 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-2023-35937 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-35937 exists.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-7xj3-qrx5-524r.

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