Medium severity · published Sep 29, 2017
CVE-2017-11479
Kibana versions prior to 5.6.1 had a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Timelion that could allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information from or perform destructive…
6.1
CVSS
1.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Kibana versions prior to 5.6.1 had a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Timelion that could allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information from or perform destructive actions on behalf of other Kibana users.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.1% · higher than 65% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KI
Kibana · Elastic
5.0.0; 5.0.1; 5.0.2; 5.1.1; 5.1.2; 5.2.0; +15 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11479
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-11479
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/24/1
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/29/3
Issue Tracking
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-alerting-and-kibana-5-6-1-security-update/101884
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