What is CVE-2022-43717?

CVE-2022-43717 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Superset, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-01-16.

How severe is CVE-2022-43717?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

XSS in Apache Superset

CVE-2022-43717

Dashboard rendering does not sufficiently sanitize the content of markdown components leading to possible XSS attack vectors that can be performed by authenticated users with create dashboard permissions. This issue affects Apache Superset version 1.5.2 and prior versions and version 2.0.0.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2023-01-16 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.013 (68.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-04.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 68th percentile — 68.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Apache Superset — versions 2.0.0
Apache Software Foundation Superset — versions 2.0.0, 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

lists.apache.org/thread/g6zy6vkpvkbj5mj32vmyzwol5ldtg9pl (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-43717?: CVE-2022-43717 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Superset, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-01-16.
How severe is CVE-2022-43717?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.