DataEase is an open source data visualization analysis tool to analyze data and gain insight into business trends. Affected versions of DataEase has a privilege bypass vulnerability where ordinary users can gain access to the user database. Exposed information includes md5 hashes of passwords, username, email, and phone number. The vulnerability has been fixed in v1.18.8. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for the vulnerability.
Weakness
The product specifies permissions for a security-critical resource in a way that allows that resource to be read or modified by unintended actors.
Affected Software
| Name |
Vendor |
Start Version |
End Version |
| Dataease |
Dataease |
* |
1.18.8 (excluding) |
Potential Mitigations
- Run the code in a “jail” or similar sandbox environment that enforces strict boundaries between the process and the operating system. This may effectively restrict which files can be accessed in a particular directory or which commands can be executed by the software.
- OS-level examples include the Unix chroot jail, AppArmor, and SELinux. In general, managed code may provide some protection. For example, java.io.FilePermission in the Java SecurityManager allows the software to specify restrictions on file operations.
- This may not be a feasible solution, and it only limits the impact to the operating system; the rest of the application may still be subject to compromise.
- Be careful to avoid CWE-243 and other weaknesses related to jails.
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