Medium severity · published Jun 2, 2020
CVE-2018-18623
Grafana 5.3.1 has XSS via the "Dashboard > Text Panel" screen
6.1
CVSS
1.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.8% · higher than 78% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GR
Grafana · Grafana
5.3.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18623
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-18623
Exploit
https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/15293
Exploit
https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/11813
Release Notes
https://github.com/grafana/grafana/releases/tag/v6.0.0
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200608-0008/
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