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CVE-2018-18623

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-18623 describes a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Grafana version 5.3.1, specifically within the "Dashboard > Text Panel" screen, stemming from an incomplete fix for a previous CVE. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction, and could lead to limited compromise of confidentiality and integrity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:grafana:grafana:5.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.1MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.76%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
75.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0176 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 26,236 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/grafana/grafanaFixed in: 6.0.0-beta1
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ceph Storage 3.2Fixed in: grafana-0:5.2.4-1.el7cp
View patch
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11Fixed in: openshift3/grafana
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Storage 3Fixed in: grafana

Vendor Advisories (2)

goGHSA-cmq2-j8v8-2q44medium

Grafana XSS in Dashboard Text Panel

Jan 30, 2024
redhatCVE-2018-18623Moderate

grafana: XSS vulnerability via the "Dashboard > Text Panel" screen

Jun 2, 2020

References

github.com / grafana/grafana/issues/15293
ExploitThird Party Advisory
github.com / grafana/grafana/pull/11813
ExploitThird Party Advisory
github.com / grafana/grafana/releases/tag/v6.0.0
Release NotesThird Party Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20200608-0008
Third Party Advisory