Critical severity · published Dec 20, 2018
CVE-2018-17246
Kibana versions before 6.4.3 and 5.6.13 contain an arbitrary file inclusion flaw in the Console plugin
9.8
CVSS
84.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Kibana versions before 6.4.3 and 5.6.13 contain an arbitrary file inclusion flaw in the Console plugin. An attacker with access to the Kibana Console API could send a request that will attempt to execute javascript code. This could possibly lead to an attacker executing arbitrary commands with permissions of the Kibana process on the host system.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)84.3% · higher than 100% 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 before 5.6.13; 6.0.0 before 6.4.3 · source: NVD
OC
Openshift Container Platform · Redhat
3.11 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17246
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-17246
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106285
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2018:3743
Vendor Advisory
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-4-3-and-5-6-13-security-update/155594
Vendor Advisory
https://www.elastic.co/community/security
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