CVE-2018-18624 Grafana XSS via a column style

What is CVE-2018-18624?

CVE-2018-18624 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Grafana Grafana, published on 2 Jun 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Grafana 5.3.1 has XSS via a column style on the "Dashboard > Table Panel" screen. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2018-12099.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-18624?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including github.com/grafana/grafana. It affects 1 product.

Products include Grafana Grafana.

How do I fix CVE-2018-18624?

Upgrade github.com/grafana/grafana to 7.0.0 or later.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2018-18624 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-18624 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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All Grafana Grafana vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-9hv8-4frf-cprf, GO-2024-2516, MINI-638w-p673-p59x, MINI-63mr-cmc9-x272, MINI-8m8m-55f5-8pqj, MINI-93q3-wqv8-h343 and 14 more.