Code Injection in Kibana - CVE-2019-7609

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Code Injection in Kibana - CVE-2019-7609

Published: March 27, 2019 / Updated: June 21, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU18085
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-7609
CWE-ID: CWE-94
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: The vulnerability is being exploited in the wild
Vendor: Elastic Stack
Affected software:
Kibana

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in the Timelion visualizer. A remote attacker with access to the Timelion application can send a specially crafted request and execute arbitrary javascript code on the target system with privileges of the Kibana process on the host system.


How to mitigate CVE-2019-7609

Install updates from vendor's website.

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