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CVE-2024-51408: AppSmith Community · Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

Source CVE Database V5

0

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.5 High · fixed in 1.46 : patch affected systems soon.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 11:07 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
8.5High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 41% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 1.46
CVSS:3.1/AC:H/AV:N/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:L/S:C/UI:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 4 Nov 2024

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

AI-suggested

  1. Upgrade AppSmith Community to version 1.46 or later, where this SSRF vulnerability is fixed.
  2. If immediate upgrade is not possible, implement network-level restrictions to block outbound HTTP requests from AppSmith servers to the 169.254.169.254 metadata IP address.
  3. Use AWS IAM roles with the least privilege principle to limit the scope of credentials accessible via the metadata service.
  4. Employ AWS Instance Metadata Service Version 2 (IMDSv2), which requires session tokens and reduces SSRF risks.
  5. Monitor application logs and network traffic for unusual requests targeting internal IPs or metadata endpoints.
  6. Conduct regular security assessments and penetration tests focusing on SSRF and cloud metadata exposure.
  7. Educate developers and administrators about SSRF risks and secure coding practices when handling user-supplied URLs or JSON inputs.
  8. Consider deploying Web Application Firewalls (WAFs) with custom rules to detect and block SSRF attempts targeting internal IP ranges.

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.

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