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Kibana 5.0.0 < 5.6.1 Cross-Site Scripting

medium Web App Scanning Plugin ID 113527

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Synopsis

Kibana 5.0.0 < 5.6.1 Cross-Site Scripting

Description

According to its self-reported version number, the Kibana application running on the remote host is 5.0.0 prior to 5.6.1. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities:

 - A cross-site scripting (XSS) in Timelion that could allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information from or perform destructive actions on behalf of other Kibana users. (CVE-2017-11479)

Note that the scanner has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Kibana version 5.6.1 or later.

See Also

https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-alerting-and-kibana-5-6-1-security-update/101884

https://www.elastic.co/community/security

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 113527

Type: remote

Published: 1/11/2023

Updated: 3/14/2023

Scan Template: basic, full, pci, scan

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-11479

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-11479

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:2.3:a:elasticsearch:kibana:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/26/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/28/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-11479