Medium severity · published Feb 22, 2023
CVE-2022-38779
An open redirect issue was discovered in Kibana that could lead to a user being redirected to an arbitrary website if they use a maliciously crafted Kibana URL
6.1
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An open redirect issue was discovered in Kibana that could lead to a user being redirected to an arbitrary website if they use a maliciously crafted Kibana URL.
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)0.5% · higher than 44% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KI
Kibana · Elastic
7.0.0 before 7.17.9; 8.0.0 before 8.6.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38779
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-38779
Release Notes
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-7-17-9-and-8-6-2-security-update/325782
Vendor Advisory
https://www.elastic.co/community/security
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