What is CVE-2017-11479?

CVE-2017-11479 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elastic Kibana, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-09-29.

How severe is CVE-2017-11479?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Elastic Kibana

CVE-2017-11479

Kibana versions prior to 5.6.1 had a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Timelion that could allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information from or perform destructive actions on behalf of other Kibana users.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.011 (61.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Elastic Kibana — versions 5.0.0, 5.0.1, 5.0.2
Elasticsearch Kibana — versions 5.1.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

security@elastic.co (x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
security@elastic.co (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
security@elastic.co (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-11479?: CVE-2017-11479 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elastic Kibana, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-09-29.
How severe is CVE-2017-11479?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.