CVE-2020-13430 Grafana XSS via the OpenTSDB datasource

What is CVE-2020-13430?

CVE-2020-13430 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Grafana Grafana, published on 24 May 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 7.0.0 allows tag value XSS via the OpenTSDB datasource.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-13430?

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-2020-13430?

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-2020-13430 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-13430 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-2020-13430, GHSA-7m2x-qhrq-rp8h, GO-2024-2515, MINI-2fpr-jcfv-vc35, MINI-67h3-v733-w39q, MINI-6rr6-8287-6mjf and 15 more.