CVE-2017-8440

MEDIUM

Elastic Kibana - XSS

Title source: rule

Description

Starting in version 5.3.0, Kibana had a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Discover page that could allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information from or perform destructive actions on behalf of other Kibana users.

References (3)

[Mitigation, Vendor Advisory] https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-5-4-1-and-5-3-3-security-updates/87952

[Release Notes, Vendor Advisory] https://www.elastic.co/blog/kibana-5-4-1-and-5-3-3-released

[Vendor Advisory] https://www.elastic.co/community/security

Scores

CVSS v3 6.1

EPSS 0.0034

EPSS Percentile 56.0%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

Details

CWE

CWE-79

Status published

Products (6)

elastic/kibana

Elastic/Kibana < 5.3.0 to 5.3.3

Elastic/Kibana < 5.4.1

Published Jun 05, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026