High severity · published Jun 16, 2017
CVE-2016-1000219
Kibana before 4.5.4 and 4.1.11 when a custom output is configured for logging in, cookies and authorization headers could be written to the log files
7.5
CVSS
2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Kibana before 4.5.4 and 4.1.11 when a custom output is configured for logging in, cookies and authorization headers could be written to the log files. This information could be used to hijack sessions of other users when using Kibana behind some form of authentication such as Shield.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.0% · higher than 81% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KI
Kibana · Elastic
4.1.0 before 4.1.11; 4.5.0 before 4.5.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1000219
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1000219
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99178
Vendor Advisory
https://www.elastic.co/community/security
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