Medium

Apache Druid before 0.23.0 vulnerable to reflected XSS via unescaped URL parameters

  • Disclosed: 08.07.2022
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 11:21

In Apache Druid 0.22.1 and earlier, certain specially-crafted links result in unescaped URL parameters being sent back in HTML responses. This makes it possible to execute reflected XSS attacks. This issue is patched in version 0.23.0.

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Java / Kotlin (Maven) org.apache.druid:druid < 0.23.0 0.23.0

References

CVSS score 6.1/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-79
Platform
Java / Kotlin (Maven)
Package
org.apache.druid:druid
Disclosed
08.07.2022
Updated
11.10.2026 11:21

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-8rmv-98m4-g5c6 - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: org.apache.druid:druid

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Java / Kotlin (Maven)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

Total entries
8
First → latest
06.2021 11.2025
Without a fix
0
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 1
  • High 2
  • Medium 4
  • Low 1

Disclosures per year

  1. 2021: 2
  2. 2022: 3
  3. 2023: 0
  4. 2024: 1
  5. 2025: 2
  6. 2026: 0
  1. Critical · 9.8 CVE-2025-59390 < 35.0.0 35.0.0
  2. Medium · 5.4 CVE-2025-27888 < 31.0.2, >= 32.0.0, < 32.0.1 31.0.2, 32.0.1
  3. Medium · 4.3 CVE-2022-28889 < 0.23.0 0.23.0
  4. Apache Druid before 0.23.0 vulnerable to reflected XSS via unescaped URL parameters this entry
    Medium · 6.1 CVE-2021-44791 < 0.23.0 0.23.0
  5. Medium · 6.5 CVE-2020-1958 >= 0.17.0, < 0.17.1 0.17.1
  6. High · 8.8 CVE-2021-26919 < 0.20.2 0.20.2
  7. High · 8.8 CVE-2021-25646 < 0.20.1 0.20.1

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