Metabase 0.44.x < 0.44.7 / 0.45.x < 0.45.4 / 0.46.x < 0.46.3 / 1.44.x < 1.44.7 / 1.45.x < 1.45.4 / 1.46.x < 1.46.3

critical Nessus Plugin ID 261768

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Synopsis

The remote host is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The version of Metabase installed on the remote host is affected by an access control vulnerability.
To edit SQL Snippets, Metabase should have required people to be in at least one group with native query editing permissions to a database–but affected versions of Metabase didn't enforce that requirement. This lack of enforcement meant that: Anyone–including people in sandboxed groups–could edit SQL snippets. They could edit snippets via the API or, in the application UI, when editing the metadata for a model based on a SQL question, and people in sandboxed groups could edit a SQL snippet used in a query that creates their sandbox. If the snippet contained logic that restricted which data that person could see, they could potentially edit that snippet and change their level of data access. Users unable to upgrade should ensure that SQL queries used to create sandboxes exclude SQL snippets.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Metabase version 0.44.7, 0.45.4, 0.46.3, 1.44.7, 1.45.4, 1.46.3 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 261768

File Name: metabase_CVE-2023-32680.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 9/9/2025

Updated: 9/9/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-32680

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:metabase:metabase

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Metabase

Patch Publication Date: 5/18/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/18/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-32680

CWE: CWE-306

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