Security Bulletin: IBM Storage Ceph is vulnerable to Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in Grafana (CVE-2023-1410)

Summary

Grafana is used by IBM Storage Ceph as a monitoring dashboard. CVE-2023-1410 This bulletin identifies the steps to take to address the vulnerability in Grafana.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2023-1410
**DESCRIPTION:**Grafana is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the Graphite FunctionDescription tooltip. A remote authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject malicious script into a Web page which would be executed in a victim’s Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the page is viewed. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim’s cookie-based authentication credentials.
CVSS Base score: 6.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/250855 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now.
Download the latest version of IBM Storage Ceph and upgrade to 6.1z3 by following instructions.

<https://public.dhe.ibm.com/ibmdl/export/pub/storage/ceph/&gt;
<https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/storage-ceph/6?topic=upgrading&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None