What is CVE-2018-17245?

CVE-2018-17245 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Elastic Kibana, classified under Insertion of Sensitive Information into Sent Data. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-12-20.

How severe is CVE-2018-17245?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Elastic Kibana

CVE-2018-17245

Kibana versions 4.0 to 4.6, 5.0 to 5.6.12, and 6.0 to 6.4.2 contain an error in the way authorization credentials are used when generating PDF reports. If a report requests external resources plaintext credentials are included in the HTTP…

EPSS: 0.013 (66.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Elastic Kibana — versions 4.0 to 4.6, 5.0 to 5.6.12, and 6.0 to 6.4.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

security@elastic.co (x_refsource_MISC, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)
security@elastic.co (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-17245?: CVE-2018-17245 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Elastic Kibana, classified under Insertion of Sensitive Information into Sent Data. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-12-20.
How severe is CVE-2018-17245?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.