Vulnerability · Published Mar 26, 2025 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2024-55964
Critical 9.8
In plain English
A critical-severity code injection in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 6.8% (higher than 94% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Metasploit.
Official description
An issue was discovered in Appsmith before 1.52. An incorrectly configured PostgreSQL instance in the Appsmith image leads to remote command execution inside the Appsmith Docker container. The attacker must be able to access Appsmith, login to it, create a datasource, create a query against that datasource, and execute that query.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-94 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H