# CVE-2024-51408: AppSmith Community 1.8.3 before 1.46 allows SSRF via New DataSource for application/json requests to 169.254.169.254 to retrieve AWS metadat

- Severity: CVSS 8.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AC:H/AV:N/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:L/S:C/UI:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-11-04 · Updated: 2024-11-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

AppSmith Community 1.8.3 before 1.46 allows SSRF via New DataSource for application/json requests to 169.254.169.254 to retrieve AWS metadata credentials.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/appsmithorg/appsmith/pull/29286
- https://github.com/jahithoque/Vulnerability-Research/tree/main/CVE-2024-51408
- https://github.com/appsmithorg/appsmith/releases/tag/v1.46

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