TI-2018-16040 Aliases CVE-2018-1000816 GHSA-x5fh-fvvr-892f

Grafana version confirmed for 5.2.4 and 5.3.0 contains a Cross Site Scripting (XSS)…

LOW 26CWE-79Published 2018-12-20 · Updated 2024-09-17

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: Required
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Low · Low · None
Fix status: Partial Red Hat: 4 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

Grafana version confirmed for 5.2.4 and 5.3.0 contains a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Influxdb and Graphite query editor that can result in Running arbitrary js code in victims browser.. This attack appear to be exploitable via Authenticated user must click on the input field where the payload was previously inserted..

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00743 54th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix Partial github.com/grafana/grafana (Go): 5.3.2Red Hat: 4 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA
—	github.com/grafana/grafana (Go)	before 5.3.2	5.3.2	Patch available	GHSA-x5fh-fvvr-892f

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
github.com/grafana/grafana (Go) Vendor— Affected before 5.3.2 Fixed in 5.3.2 Patch available GHSA-x5fh-fvvr-892f

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:grafana:grafana:5.2.4:::::::*	5.2.4	Vulnerable	Grafana
cpe:2.3:a:grafana:grafana:5.3.0:::::::*	5.3.0	Vulnerable	Grafana

cpe:2.3:a:grafana:grafana:5.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.2.4 Vulnerable ·Grafana
cpe:2.3:a:grafana:grafana:5.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.3.0 Vulnerable ·Grafana

Remediation

Fix · GHSA-x5fh-fvvr-892f github.com/grafana/grafana (Go) Fixed in 5.3.2 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Product	Status	Plan or fix
Red Hat Ceph Storage 2	Affected	No fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Ceph Storage 3	Affected	No fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11	Affected	No fix yet
Red Hat Storage 3	Affected	No fix planned: Will not fix

Not affected: 2 products

Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty) Operational Tools
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 (Mitaka) Operational Tools

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-1000816
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x5fh-fvvr-892f

References

Exploit 1

https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/13667

Advisory 1

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1000816

Other 3

TI-2021-16611 Snapshot authentication bypass in grafana KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2021-19604 Grafana path traversal KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2024-08600 Grafana SQL Expressions allow for remote code execution CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.4
TI-2023-02931 Authentication bypass by spoofing in Grafana CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2020-10491 The avatar feature in Grafana 3.0.1 through 7.0.1 has an SSRF Incorrect Access Control… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.2
TI-2025-03662 Open redirect in Grafana CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.6

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Sources

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