Medium severity · published Dec 18, 2025
CVE-2025-68387
Kibana Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
6.1
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Improper neutralization of input during web page generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (CWE-79) allows an unauthenticated user to embed a malicious script in content that will be served to web browsers causing cross-site scripting (XSS) (CAPEC-63) via a vulnerability a function handler in the Vega AST evaluator.
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)0.2% · higher than 13% 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 through 7.17.29; 8.0.0 through 8.19.8; 9.0.0 through 9.1.8; 9.2.0 through 9.2.2 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68387
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-68387
Vendor Advisory
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-19-9-9-1-9-and-9-2-3-security-update-esa-2025-35/384183
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