Cross-site scripting in Kibana



Risk Low
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2019-7621
CWE-ID CWE-79
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Kibana
Web applications / Other software

Vendor Elastic Stack

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.

1) Cross-site scripting

EUVDB-ID: #VU23689

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 5.3 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-7621

CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in the coordinate and region map visualizations. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Kibana: 6.8.0 - 7.5.0

CPE2.3 External links

http://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-8-6-and-7-5-1-security-update/212390
http://www.elastic.co/community/security/
http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/7.5/release-notes-7.5.1.html


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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