What is CVE-2025-25016?

CVE-2025-25016 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elastic Kibana, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2025-05-01.

How severe is CVE-2025-25016?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Arbitrary file upload in Elastic Kibana

CVE-2025-25016

Unrestricted file upload in Kibana allows an authenticated attacker to compromise software integrity by uploading a crafted malicious file due to insufficient server-side validation.

Vulnerability class: Unrestricted File Upload

EPSS: 0.003 (22.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Elastic Kibana — versions 7.17.0, 8.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-434 — Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

References

security@elastic.co (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-25016?: CVE-2025-25016 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elastic Kibana, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2025-05-01.
How severe is CVE-2025-25016?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.