CVE-2023-43701
Apache Superset: Stored XSS on API endpoint
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- apache
Description
Improper payload validation and an improper REST API response type, made it possible for an authenticated malicious actor to store malicious code into Chart's metadata, this code could get executed if a user specifically accesses a specific deprecated API endpoint. This issue affects Apache Superset versions prior to 2.1.2. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.1.2, which fixes this issue.
Timeline
ID reserved
By apache
- 2 months later
· 2 months later
Published
- 8 months later
· 8 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| apacheCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium4.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.0% · top 37% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
Apache Software Foundation · Apache Superset
- affected < 2.1.2
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPIapache-supersetGHSA-wq8q-99p5-xfrw (opens in a new tab)
References (2)
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/4dnr1knk50fw60jxkjgqj228f0xcc892 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/27/4 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-wq8q-99p5-xfrw (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2023-43701)Record last updated .