PT-2017-12042 · Elastic · Kibana

Published 2017-09-28 · Updated 2020-08-14 · CVE-2017-11479

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Kibana versions prior to 5.6.1

Description The issue is related to a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Timelion. This vulnerability could allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information from or perform destructive actions on behalf of other Kibana users.

Recommendations For versions prior to 5.6.1, update to version 5.6.1 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the Timelion feature to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-11479

Affected Products

Kibana

References · 6

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-11479 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11479 · Security Note
• https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-alerting-and-kibana-5-6-1-security-update/101884 · Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/29/3 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-11479 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/24/1 · Note