CVE-2019-7608

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2019-03-25 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Kibana versions before 5.6.15 and 6.6.1 had a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability that could allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information from or perform destructive actions on behalf of other Kibana users.

Affected products

Kibana: before 5.6.15; from 6.0.0 before 6.6.1 — fixed in 5.6.15, 6.6.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Kibana 5.6.15, 6.6.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:2824
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2860
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-6-1-and-5-6-15-security-update/169077
https://www.elastic.co/community/security
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:2824
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2860
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-6-1-and-5-6-15-security-update/169077
https://www.elastic.co/community/security

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