#VU23689 Cross-site scripting in Kibana - CVE-2019-7621
Vulnerability identifier: #VU23689
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 1.2 [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/E:U/U:Clear]
CVE-ID:
CWE-ID:
CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Network
Exploit availability: No
Vulnerable software:
Kibana
Web applications /
Other software
Vendor: Elastic Stack
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 - 6.8.5, 7.0.0 - 7.0.1, 7.1.0 - 7.1.1, 7.2.0 - 7.2.1, 7.3.0 - 7.3.2, 7.4.0 - 7.4.2, 7.5.0
External links
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-8-6-and-7-5-1-security-update/212390
https://www.elastic.co/community/security/
https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/7.5/release-notes-7.5.1.html
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
