CVE-2018-17246

high-risk
Published 2018-12-20

Kibana versions before 6.4.3 and 5.6.13 contain an arbitrary file inclusion flaw in the Console plugin. An attacker with access to the Kibana Console API could send a request that will attempt to execute javascript code. This could possibly lead to an attacker executing arbitrary commands with permissions of the Kibana process on the host system.

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93.8% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 6% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 9.8/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (2)

Affected Vendors

Redhat Elastic

References (8)

Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106285
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2018:3743
Vendor Advisory https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-4-3-and-5-6-13-security-update/1555...
Vendor Advisory https://www.elastic.co/community/security
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106285
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2018:3743
Vendor Advisory https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-4-3-and-5-6-13-security-update/1555...
Vendor Advisory https://www.elastic.co/community/security
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high-risk
Severity 32/34 · Critical
Exploitability 20/34 · Moderate
Exposure 7/34 · Low