PT-2018-16217 · Elastic · X-Pack Machine Learning

CVE-2018-3823 · Published 2018-09-19 · Updated 2023-03-04

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.4

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Elasticsearch X-Pack Machine Learning versions prior to 6.2.4 Elasticsearch X-Pack Machine Learning versions prior to 5.6.9

Description A cross-site scripting issue was found, allowing users with manage ml permissions to create jobs with malicious data. This could enable an attacker to obtain sensitive information or perform destructive actions on behalf of other users viewing job results.

Recommendations For versions prior to 6.2.4, update to version 6.2.4 or later to resolve the issue. For versions prior to 5.6.9, update to version 5.6.9 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-3823

Affected Products

X-Pack Machine Learning

References · 4

• https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-2-4-and-5-6-9-security-update/128422 · Vendor Advisory
• https://elastic.co/community/security · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-3823 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-3823 · Vendor Advisory