Critical severity · published Mar 30, 2018
CVE-2018-3822
X-Pack Security versions 6.2.0, 6.2.1, and 6.2.2 are vulnerable to a user impersonation attack via incorrect XML canonicalization and DOM traversal
9.8
CVSS
1.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
X-Pack Security versions 6.2.0, 6.2.1, and 6.2.2 are vulnerable to a user impersonation attack via incorrect XML canonicalization and DOM traversal. An attacker might have been able to impersonate a legitimate user if the SAML Identity Provider allows for self registration with arbitrary identifiers and the attacker can register an account which an identifier that shares a suffix with a legitimate account. Both of those conditions must be true in order to exploit this flaw.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/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)1.6% · higher than 76% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
XP
X-pack · Elastic
6.2.0; 6.2.1; 6.2.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-3822
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-3822
Vendor Advisory
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-2-3-security-update/124848
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