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CVE-2023-0507

grafana: cross site scripting

Severity Score

5.4
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

Grafana is an open-source platform for monitoring and observability.

Starting with the 8.1 branch, Grafana had a stored XSS vulnerability affecting the core plugin GeoMap.

The stored XSS vulnerability was possible due to map attributions weren't properly sanitized and allowed arbitrary JavaScript to be executed in the context of the currently authorized user of the Grafana instance.

An attacker needs to have the Editor role in order to change a panel to include a map attribution containing JavaScript.

This means that vertical privilege escalation is possible, where a user with Editor role can change to a known password for a user having Admin role if the user with Admin role executes malicious JavaScript viewing a dashboard.

Users may upgrade to version 8.5.21, 9.2.13 and 9.3.8 to receive a fix.

A flaw was found in the GeoMap Grafana plugin, where a user can store unsanitized HTML in the GeoMap plugin under the Attribution text field, and the client will process it. The vulnerability makes it possible to use XHR to make arbitrary API calls on behalf of the attacked user. This means that a malicious user with editor permissions could alter a GeoMap panel to include JavaScript that changes the password for the user viewing the panel (this could be an admin) to a known password, thus gaining access to the admin account and resulting as the editor becoming an admin.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2023-01-25 CVE Reserved
  • 2023-03-01 CVE Published
  • 2024-08-02 CVE Updated
  • 2024-09-21 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
  • CWE-80: Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS)
CAPEC
  • CAPEC-592: Stored XSS
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Grafana
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 Grafana
Search vendor "Grafana" for product "Grafana"
 >= 8.1.0 < 8.5.21
Search vendor "Grafana" for product "Grafana" and version " >= 8.1.0 < 8.5.21"
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Affected
Grafana
Search vendor "Grafana"
 Grafana
Search vendor "Grafana" for product "Grafana"
 >= 9.2.0 < 9.2.13
Search vendor "Grafana" for product "Grafana" and version " >= 9.2.0 < 9.2.13"
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Affected
Grafana
Search vendor "Grafana"
 Grafana
Search vendor "Grafana" for product "Grafana"
 >= 9.3.0 < 9.3.8
Search vendor "Grafana" for product "Grafana" and version " >= 9.3.0 < 9.3.8"
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Affected