VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-17246

CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS probability82.25%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-12-20
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-73: External Control of File Name or Path
  • CWE-829: Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere

Primary references