What is CVE-2025-68385?

CVE-2025-68385 is a high-severity vulnerability in Elastic Kibana, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2025-12-18.

How severe is CVE-2025-68385?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.

XSS in Elastic Kibana

CVE-2025-68385

Improper neutralization of input during web page generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (CWE-79) allows an authenticated user to embed a malicious script in content that will be served to web browsers causing cross-site scripting (XSS) (CAPEC-63) via a method in Vega bypassing a previous Vega XSS mitigation.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.002 (11.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Elastic Kibana — versions 7.0.0, 8.0.0, 9.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

security@elastic.co (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-68385?: CVE-2025-68385 is a high-severity vulnerability in Elastic Kibana, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2025-12-18.
How severe is CVE-2025-68385?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.