# CVE-2023-50267: MeterSphere horizontal privilege escalation vulnerability of resources in project scope.

> Authenticated attackers can modify resources belonging to other users within the same project scope if they know the resource ID.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **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:** 28 Dec 2023
- **Updated:** 9 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rcp4-c5p2-58v9

## What is CVE-2023-50267?

CVE-2023-50267 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in metersphere, published on 28 Dec 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

MeterSphere is a one-stop open source continuous testing platform. Prior to 2.10.10-lts, the authenticated attackers can update resources which don't belong to him if the resource ID is known. This issue if fixed in 2.10.10-lts.  There are no known workarounds.

Weakness: CWE-639 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key), CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-50267?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Metersphere Metersphere.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-50267?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-50267 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-50267 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-50267 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## 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-2023-50267 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-50267 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in metersphere, published on 28 Dec 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-50267 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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-2023-50267/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-50267/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-50267
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-50267
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-50267

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-50267/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.