CVE-2018-1000816: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

May 14, 2022 (updated July 24, 2023)

Grafana version confirmed for 5.2.4 and 5.3.0 contains a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Influxdb and Graphite query editor that can result in Running arbitrary js code in victims browser.. This attack appear to be exploitable via Authenticated user must click on the input field where the payload was previously inserted..

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-x5fh-fvvr-892f
github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/13667
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1000816

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