PT-2017-18338 · Elastic · X-Pack+1

Published 2017-08-18 · Updated 2022-05-13 · CVE-2017-8446

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions X-Pack versions prior to 5.5.2 X-Pack standalone Reporting plugin versions prior to 2.4.6

Description The issue allows a user with the reporting user role to execute a report with the permissions of another reporting user, potentially gaining access to sensitive data.

Recommendations For X-Pack versions prior to 5.5.2, update to version 5.5.2 or later. For X-Pack standalone Reporting plugin versions prior to 2.4.6, update to version 2.4.6 or later.

Fix

Insufficiently Protected Credentials

Improper Privilege Management

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-522

CWE-269

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-8446

GHSA-M728-QVXH-XFJQ

Affected Products

X-Pack

X-Pack Standalone Reporting Plugin

References · 4

• https://elastic.co/community/security · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-m728-qvxh-xfjq · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8446 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-8446 · Vendor Advisory