CVE-2021-27907 (GCVE-0-2021-27907)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-03-05 11:35 – Updated: 2025-02-13 16:27
VLAI
Title
Apache Superset stored XSS on Dashboard markdown
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Cross-site Scripting (XSS)
Assigner
apache CNA
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Apache Software Foundation Apache Superset Affected: Apache Superset , ≤ 0.38.0 (custom)
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Credits
This issue was reported by Gianluca Veltri and Dario Castrogiovanni of Cuebiq
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