CVE-2023-5123Network attack vector

Unauthorized endpoint queries via dashboard path traversal

Published Feb 14, 2024 · Updated Mar 24, 2025

Path traversal in Grafana Labs JSON API Data Source before 1.3.21 allows remote authenticated users to query unintended endpoint paths. The plugin accepts ../ segments in a dashboard-supplied path and appends them to an administrator-configured base URL without enforcing its subpath boundary. An Editor can reach other paths on the configured domain; if the data source points back to Grafana, an administrator viewing the panel can send credentialed administrative requests.

CVSS severity8.0
High
EPSS probability0.77%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Path traversal in Grafana Labs JSON API Data Source before 1.3.21 allows remote authenticated users to query unintended endpoint paths. The plugin accepts ../ segments in a dashboard-supplied path and appends them to an administrator-configured base URL without enforcing its subpath boundary. An Editor can reach other paths on the configured domain; if the data source points back to Grafana, an administrator viewing the panel can send credentialed administrative requests.

The record

CVE
CVE-2023-5123
Published
Feb 14, 2024
Updated
Mar 24, 2025
Vendor
Grafana Labs
Product
JSON API Data Source for Grafana
Classifications
CWE-22
Attack vector
network
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Feb 14, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Mar 24, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=0.2.0 <1.3.21

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

Grafana Labs · JSON API Data Source for Grafanaversion=0.2.0 <1.3.21

Published CVSS scores

8.0Grafana LabsCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
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Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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