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CVE-2017-8440

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.

Published

2017-06-05T14:29:00.357

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 6.1 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Secondary
CWE-79
Type: Primary
CWE-79

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	elastic	kibana	5.3.0	Yes
Application	elastic	kibana	5.3.1	Yes
Application	elastic	kibana	5.3.2	Yes
Application	elastic	kibana	5.4.0	Yes

References

https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-5-4-1-and-5-3-3-security-updates/87952 Mitigation, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.elastic.co/blog/kibana-5-4-1-and-5-3-3-released Release Notes, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.elastic.co/community/security Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-5-4-1-and-5-3-3-security-updates/87952 Mitigation, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.elastic.co/blog/kibana-5-4-1-and-5-3-3-released Release Notes, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.elastic.co/community/security Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)