#VU21236 Cross-site scripting in Grafana - CVE-2019-13068
Published: September 20, 2019 / Updated: October 25, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU21236
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-13068
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerable software:
Grafana
Grafana
Software vendor:
Grafana Labs
Grafana Labs
Description
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in public/app/features/panel/panel_ctrl.ts when processing data passed via "Title", "Dashboard", and "url" fields. A remote authenticated user can inject and execute arbitrary HTML code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.