What is CVE-2022-38779?

CVE-2022-38779 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elastic Kibana, classified under URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (Open Redirect). CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2023-02-22.

How severe is CVE-2022-38779?

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

Is CVE-2022-38779 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Open Redirect in Elastic Kibana

CVE-2022-38779

An open redirect issue was discovered in Kibana that could lead to a user being redirected to an arbitrary website if they use a maliciously crafted Kibana URL.

Vulnerability class: Open Redirect

EPSS: 0.005 (40.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Elastic Kibana — versions Kibana Versions 7.0.0 through 7.17.8 and 8.0.0 through 8.6.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

security@elastic.co (Vendor Advisory)
security@elastic.co (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-38779?: CVE-2022-38779 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elastic Kibana, classified under URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (Open Redirect). CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2023-02-22.
How severe is CVE-2022-38779?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-38779 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.