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CVE-2026-24042

Appsmith public apps can execute unpublished actions (viewMode confusion)

CVSS 9.4 CRITICALEPSS 0.6%CWE-862
Vexday Risk Score
28Low
SSVC decision (CISA)
Track
No exploitation signal → monitor
CVSS 9.4EPSS 0.6%KEV nãoPoC Nuclei Metasploit Patch
Lifecycle
22 Jan 2026Published on NVD
Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.
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 In versions 1.94 and below, publicly accessible apps allow unauthenticated users to execute unpublished (edit-mode) actions by sending viewMode=false (or omitting it) to POST /api/v1/actions/execute.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.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
Affected products
appsmithorg · appsmith

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