CVE-2018-9090 affects CoreOS Tectonic versions 1.7.x and 1.8.x before 1.8.7-tectonic.2, stemming from the deployment of Grafana with default 'admin/admin' credentials. This vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to gain administrative access to Grafana, enabling the insertion of Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) payloads into dashboards. Rated as Medium severity (CVSS 6.1), it has a low attack complexity and can lead to partial loss of confidentiality and integrity, primarily through XSS. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 1.7.1-tectonic.1, < 1.8.7-tectonic.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:tectonic:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.