Medium severity · published Sep 19, 2018
CVE-2018-3823
X-Pack Machine Learning versions before 6.2.4 and 5.6.9 had a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability
5.4
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
X-Pack Machine Learning versions before 6.2.4 and 5.6.9 had a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. Users with manage_ml permissions could create jobs containing malicious data as part of their configuration that could allow the attacker to obtain sensitive information from or perform destructive actions on behalf of other ML users viewing the results of the jobs.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 51% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EX
Elasticsearch X-pack · Elastic
before 5.6.9; 6.0.0 before 6.2.4 · source: NVD
KX
Kibana X-pack · Elastic
before 5.6.9; 6.0.0 before 6.2.4 · source: NVD
LX
Logstash X-pack · Elastic
before 5.6.9; 6.1.0 before 6.2.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-3823
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-3823
Vendor Advisory
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-2-4-and-5-6-9-security-update/128422
Vendor Advisory
https://www.elastic.co/community/security
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