Medium severity · published Sep 19, 2018
CVE-2018-3830
Kibana versions 5.3.0 to 6.4.1 had a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability via the source field formatter that could allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information from or…
6.1
CVSS
1.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Kibana versions 5.3.0 to 6.4.1 had a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability via the source field formatter that could allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information from or perform destructive actions on behalf of other Kibana users.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/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)1.6% · higher than 76% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KI
Kibana · Elastic
5.3.0 through 6.4.1 · source: NVD
OC
Openshift Container Platform · Redhat
3.11 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-3830
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-3830
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3537
Release Notes
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-4-1-and-5-6-12-security-update/149035
Vendor Advisory
https://www.elastic.co/community/security
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