CVE-2025-55672 Apache Superset: Stored XSS on charts metadata
Authenticated users can inject malicious scripts into chart labels, leading to code execution or session hijacking when victims hover over charts.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-55672?
CVE-2025-55672 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Apache Superset, published on 14 Aug 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in Apache Superset's chart visualization. An authenticated user with permissions to edit charts can inject a malicious payload into a column's label. The payload is not properly sanitized and gets executed in the victim's browser when they hover over the chart, potentially leading to session hijacking or the execution of arbitrary commands on behalf of the user.
This issue affects Apache Superset: before 5.0.0.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 5.0.0, which fixes the issue.
Weakness: CWE-80
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-55672?
4 open source packages ship an affected version, including apache-superset and superset. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
apache-superset PyPI | All versions | 5.0.0 |
apache-superset PyPI | All versions | 5.0.0 |
apache-superset PyPI | All versions | 5.0.0 |
superset Bitnami | All versions | 5.0.0 |
Products include Apache Superset.
How do I fix CVE-2025-55672?
Upgrade apache-superset to 5.0.0 or later.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2025-55672 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-55672 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Apache Superset
- CVE-2023-27524 Apache Superset Insecure Default Initialization of Resource
- CVE-2022-27479 SQL injection vulnerability in chart data API
- CVE-2018-8021 Deserialization of Untrusted Data in superset
- CVE-2023-49657 Apache Superset: Stored XSS in Dashboard Title and Chart Title
- CVE-2022-43719 Apache Superset: Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) on accept, request access API
Sources
Also known as BIT-superset-2025-55672, GHSA-fj97-2v9x-w5m4, PYSEC-2026-1176.