CVE-2020-24303 Grafana XSS via a query alias for the ElasticSearch datasource

What is CVE-2020-24303?

CVE-2020-24303 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Grafana Grafana, published on 28 Oct 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 7.1.0-beta 1 allows XSS via a query alias for the ElasticSearch datasource.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-24303?

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-2020-24303?

Upgrade github.com/grafana/grafana to 7.1.0-beta1 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-2020-24303 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-24303 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 BIT-grafana-2020-24303, GHSA-mvpr-q6rh-8vrp, GO-2024-2520, MINI-5jwr-rw7q-jq6f, MINI-5p7p-rrxj-wcg2, MINI-7ggr-cmr7-94x5 and 15 more.