Medium severity · published Nov 3, 2021
CVE-2021-41174
Grafana is an open-source platform for monitoring and observability
6.1
CVSS
85.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Grafana is an open-source platform for monitoring and observability. In affected versions if an attacker is able to convince a victim to visit a URL referencing a vulnerable page, arbitrary JavaScript content may be executed within the context of the victim's browser. The user visiting the malicious link must be unauthenticated and the link must be for a page that contains the login button in the menu bar. The url has to be crafted to exploit AngularJS rendering and contain the interpolation binding for AngularJS expressions. AngularJS uses double curly braces for interpolation binding: {{ }} ex: {{constructor.constructor(‘alert(1)’)()}}. When the user follows the link and the page renders, the login button will contain the original link with a query parameter to force a redirect to the login page. The URL is not validated and the AngularJS rendering engine will execute the JavaScript expression contained in the URL. Users are advised to upgrade as soon as possible. If for some reason you cannot upgrade, you can use a reverse proxy or similar to block access to block the literal string {{ in the path.
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)85.4% · higher than 100% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GR
Grafana · Grafana
8.0.0 before 8.2.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-41174
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-41174
Patch
https://github.com/grafana/grafana/commit/31b78d51c693d828720a5b285107a50e6024c912
Patch
https://github.com/grafana/grafana/commit/3cb5214fa45eb5a571fd70d6c6edf0d729983f82
Patch
https://github.com/grafana/grafana/commit/fb85ed691290d211a5baa44d9a641ab137f0de88
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/grafana/grafana/security/advisories/GHSA-3j9m-hcv9-rpj8
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211125-0003/
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