What is CVE-2023-42502?

CVE-2023-42502 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Superset, classified under URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (Open Redirect). CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2023-11-28.

How severe is CVE-2023-42502?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.

Open Redirect in Apache Superset

CVE-2023-42502

An authenticated attacker with update datasets permission could change a dataset link to an untrusted site by spoofing the HTTP Host header, users could be redirected to this site when clicking on that specific dataset. This issue affects Apache Superset versions before 3.0.0.

Vulnerability class: Open Redirect

Published 2023-11-28 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (55.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 56th percentile — 55.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Apache Superset
Apache Software Foundation Superset — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-601 — URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (Open Redirect)

References

lists.apache.org/thread/n8348f194d8o8mln3oxd0s8jdl5bxbmn (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-42502?: CVE-2023-42502 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Superset, classified under URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (Open Redirect). CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2023-11-28.
How severe is CVE-2023-42502?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.