DOM-based cross-site scripting in Kibana - CVE-2025-59840
Published: November 12, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU118376
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-59840
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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 Vega. 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.
Affected software
Kibana
vega
MongoDB Enterprise Advanced with IBM
vega
MongoDB Enterprise Advanced with IBM
How to mitigate CVE-2025-59840
Install updates from vendor's website.
Kibana - addressed in versions 8.19.7, 9.1.7, 9.2.1
vega - addressed in versions 5.33.1, 6.2.0
MongoDB Enterprise Advanced with IBM - update to 1.16.0
vega - addressed in versions 5.33.1, 6.2.0
MongoDB Enterprise Advanced with IBM - update to 1.16.0