QID 730755

Date Published: 2023-03-13

QID 730755: Grafana Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability

Grafana is a multi-platform open source analytics and interactive visualization web application. It provides charts, graphs, and alerts for the web when connected to supported data sources.

CVE-2023-0507: Grafana's GeoMap core plugin had a stored XSS vulnerability due to unsanitized map attributions allowing arbitrary JavaScript execution. An Editor could inject JavaScript to escalate privileges and access an Admin's known password via a malicious dashboard. It's recommended to update Grafana and restrict Editor role access.

Affected Versions:
Grafana versions from 8.1.0 prior to 8.5.21
Grafana versions from 9.2.0 prior to 9.2.13
Grafana versions from 9.3.0 prior to 9.3.8

QID Detection Logic (Unauthenticated):
This QID checks for vulnerable version of Grafana from the server response

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker with an Editor role to change to a known password for a user with an Admin role and, with the Admin role permissions, can execute malicious JavaScript viewing a dashboard.

CVSS V3 rated as Medium - 5.4 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5.5 severity.

Solution

Grafana has released patch to address the vulnerability. For more information please refer to Grafana Security Advisory

Vendor References

Grafana Security Advisory - grafana.com/security/security-advisories/cve-2023-0507/

CVEs related to QID 730755

CVE-2023-0507 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
Grafana Security Advisory			grafana.com/security/security-advisories/cve-2023-0507/

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