Medium severity · published Dec 20, 2018
CVE-2018-1000816
Grafana version confirmed for 5.2.4 and 5.3.0 contains a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Influxdb and Graphite query editor that can result in Running arbitrary js…
5.4
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Grafana version confirmed for 5.2.4 and 5.3.0 contains a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Influxdb and Graphite query editor that can result in Running arbitrary js code in victims browser.. This attack appear to be exploitable via Authenticated user must click on the input field where the payload was previously inserted..
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 55% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GR
Grafana · Grafana
5.2.4; 5.3.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1000816
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-1000816
Exploit
https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/13667
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