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CVE-2023-40610

Published: Nov 27, 2023

Modified: Jun 3, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

6.3

MEDIUM

Description

Improper authorization check and possible privilege escalation on Apache Superset up to but excluding 2.1.2. Using the default examples database connection that allows access to both the examples schema and Apache Superset's metadata database, an attacker using a specially crafted CTE SQL statement could change data on the metadata database. This weakness could result on tampering with the authentication/authorization data.

VendorProductVersions

Apache Software Foundation

Apache Superset

affected
0 - < 2.1.2

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-863

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

None

References

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