CVE-2017-11481 (GCVE-0-2017-11481)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-12-08 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 18:12
VLAI
Summary
Kibana versions prior to 6.0.1 and 5.6.5 had a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability via URL fields that could allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information from or perform destructive actions on behalf of other Kibana users.
Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Elastic Kibana Affected: before 6.0.1 and 5.6.5
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Date Public
2017-12-06 00:00
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