# CVE-2024-55604: Appsmith's Broken Access Control Allows Viewer Role User to Query Datasources

> Appsmith allows viewer-role users to list workspace datasources, disclosing non-sensitive configuration metadata to unauthorized users.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.8 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **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 available:** Yes
- **Published:** 25 Mar 2025
- **Updated:** 25 Mar 2025

## What is CVE-2024-55604?

CVE-2024-55604 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in appsmithorg appsmith, published on 25 Mar 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Appsmith is a platform to build admin panels, internal tools, and dashboards. Users invited as "App Viewer" should not have access to development information of a workspace. Datasources are such a component in a workspace. Yet, in versions of Appsmith prior to 1.51, app viewers are able to get a list of datasources in a workspace they're a member of. This information disclosure does NOT expose sensitive data in the datasources, such as database passwords and API Keys. The attacker needs to have been invited to a workspace as a "viewer", by someone in that workspace with access to invite. The attacker then needs to be able to signup/login to that Appsmith instance. The issue is patched in version 1.51. No known workarounds are available.

Weakness: CWE-280 (Improper Handling of Insufficient Permissions or Privileges)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-55604?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Appsmith Appsmith.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-55604?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2024-55604 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-55604 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in appsmithorg appsmith

- [CVE-2026-55454](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-55454/): Appsmith: Caddy admin API exposed without authentication (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2024-55964](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-55964/): Code injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-22794](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-22794/): Account Takeover Vulnerability in Appsmith (critical 9.7)
- [CVE-2026-24042](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-24042/): Appsmith public apps can execute unpublished actions (viewMode confusion) (critical 9.4)
- [CVE-2026-30862](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-30862/): Critical Stored XSS & Privilege Escalation in Appsmith (critical 9.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-55604 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-55604 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in appsmithorg appsmith, published on 25 Mar 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-55604 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: appsmithorg appsmith. 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-2024-55604/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-55604/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-55604
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-55604
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-55604

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-55604/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.