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Medium · 5.4 CVE-2021-27907 BIT-superset-2021-27907EUVD-2021-0019GHSA-w358-rj93-r5qvPYSEC-2021-127

Apache Superset stored XSS on Dashboard markdown

Published Mar 5, 2021 · Updated Feb 13, 2025 · Assigned by apache

Description

Apache Superset up to and including 0.38.0 allowed the creation of a Markdown component on a Dashboard page for describing chart's related information. Abusing this functionality, a malicious user could inject javascript code executing unwanted action in the context of the user's browser. The javascript code will be automatically executed (Stored XSS) when a legitimate user surfs on the dashboard page. The vulnerability is exploitable creating a “div” section and embedding in it a “svg” element with javascript code.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Apache Software Foundation Apache Superset Apache Superset – ≤ 0.38.0 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
PyPI apache-superset < 0.38.1 0.38.1 GHSA-w358-rj93-r5qv

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