CVE-2026-24042 (GCVE-0-2026-24042)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-22 03:52 – Updated: 2026-01-22 12:28
VLAI?
Title
Appsmith public apps can execute unpublished actions (viewMode confusion)
Summary
Appsmith is a platform to build admin panels, internal tools, and dashboards. In versions 1.94 and below, publicly accessible apps allow unauthenticated users to execute unpublished (edit-mode) actions by sending viewMode=false (or omitting it) to POST /api/v1/actions/execute. This bypasses the expected publish boundary where public viewers should only execute published actions, not edit-mode versions. An attack can result in sensitive data exposure, execution of edit‑mode queries and APIs, development data access, and the ability to trigger side effect behavior. This issue does not have a released fix at the time of publication.
Severity ?
9.4 (Critical)
CWE
- CWE-862 - Missing Authorization
Assigner
References
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Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
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| appsmithorg | appsmith |
Affected:
<= 1.94
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Sightings
| Author | Source | Type | Date |
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Nomenclature
- Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
- Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
- Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
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- Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
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