CVE-2020-12245 Grafana XSS in header column rename

What is CVE-2020-12245?

CVE-2020-12245 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Grafana Grafana, published on 24 Apr 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 before 6.7.3 allows table-panel XSS via column.title or cellLinkTooltip.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-12245?

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

Products include Grafana Grafana.

How do I fix CVE-2020-12245?

Upgrade github.com/grafana/grafana to 6.7.3 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-2020-12245 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-12245 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as BIT-grafana-2020-12245, GHSA-ccmg-w4xm-p28v, GO-2024-2517, MINI-453f-49xw-p9h6, MINI-5gf7-c2rj-jq7h, MINI-653q-hr26-2vmv and 15 more.