What is CVE-2025-25018?

CVE-2025-25018 is a high-severity vulnerability in Elastic Kibana, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 8.7/10. Published 2025-10-10.

How severe is CVE-2025-25018?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.7 out of 10.

XSS in Elastic Kibana

CVE-2025-25018

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation in Kibana can lead to stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2025-10-10 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.7 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (12.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 12th percentile — 12.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Elastic Kibana — versions 7.0.0, 8.0.0, 8.19.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-18-8-8-19-5-9-0-8-9-1-5-security-update-e… (Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-25018?: CVE-2025-25018 is a high-severity vulnerability in Elastic Kibana, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 8.7/10. Published 2025-10-10.
How severe is CVE-2025-25018?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.7 out of 10.