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CVE-2017-11479

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-09-29 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Kibana versions prior to 5.6.1 had a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Timelion that could allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information from or perform destructive actions on behalf of other Kibana users.

Affected products

• Kibana: 5.0.0, 5.0.1, 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 5.1.2, 5.2.0 (+15)
• Elasticsearch Kibana: 5.1.0

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/24/1
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/29/3
• https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-alerting-and-kibana-5-6-1-security-update/101884
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/24/1
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/29/3
• https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-alerting-and-kibana-5-6-1-security-update/101884

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