What is CVE-2017-11482?

CVE-2017-11482 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elastic Kibana, classified under URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (Open Redirect). CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-12-08.

How severe is CVE-2017-11482?

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

Open Redirect in Elastic Kibana

CVE-2017-11482

The Kibana fix for CVE-2017-8451 was found to be incomplete. With X-Pack installed, Kibana versions before 6.0.1 and 5.6.5 have an open redirect vulnerability on the login page that would enable an attacker to craft a link that redirects to an arbitrary website.

Vulnerability class: Open Redirect

Published 2017-12-08 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (52.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 53rd percentile — 52.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Elastic Kibana — versions before 6.0.1 and 5.6.5, 5.6.4, 5.6.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-601 — URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (Open Redirect)

References

discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-6-0-1-and-5-6-5-security-update/110571 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-11482?: CVE-2017-11482 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elastic Kibana, classified under URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (Open Redirect). CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-12-08.
How severe is CVE-2017-11482?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.