CVE-2022-43720: Apache Superset: Improper rendering of user input

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2023-01-16 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-74

Description

An authenticated attacker with write CSS template permissions can create a record with specific HTML tags that will not get properly escaped by the toast message displayed when a user deletes that specific CSS template record. This issue affects Apache Superset version 1.5.2 and prior versions and version 2.0.0.

Affected products

Apache Superset: through 1.5.2; 2.0.0, 2.0.0-rc1, 2.0.0-rc2

References

https://lists.apache.org/thread/jts6x56kghr9mbowb653bk70pl81jp8l
https://lists.apache.org/thread/jts6x56kghr9mbowb653bk70pl81jp8l

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