# CVE-2023-35937: Metersphere missing permission check

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

- **Severity:** Medium 6.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 6 Jul 2023
- **Updated:** 18 Oct 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7xj3-qrx5-524r

## 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 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-35937?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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.

## Is CVE-2023-35937 being exploited?

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

## Other vulnerabilities in metersphere

- [CVE-2023-29944](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-29944/): Command injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-45790](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-45790/): File upload in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-45788](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-45788/): SQL injection in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-25573](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-25573/): Improper access control to download file in metersphere (high 8.6)
- [CVE-2022-23512](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-23512/): Metersphere is vulnerable to Path Injection. (high 7.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-35937 and fix it if it is affected.

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

Affected product: metersphere. 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-2023-35937/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-35937/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-35937
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-35937
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-35937

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-35937/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.