CVE-2018-18623 — Grafana 5

Grafana 5.3.1 has XSS via the "Dashboard > Text Panel" screen. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2018-12099.

01What is this vulnerability?

Grafana 5.3.1 has XSS via the "Dashboard > Text Panel" screen. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2018-12099.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

08Timeline

• Published: 2020-06-02T16:38:25.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T11:15:59.877Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/11813
• security.netapp.com — https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200608-0008/
• github.com — https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/15293
• github.com — https://github.com/grafana/grafana/releases/tag/v6.0.0