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CVE-2019-7621

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-12-18 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Kibana versions before 6.8.6 and 7.5.1 contain a cross site scripting (XSS) flaw in the coordinate and region map visualizations. An attacker with the ability to create coordinate map visualizations could create a malicious visualization. If another Kibana user views that visualization or a dashboard containing the visualization it could execute JavaScript in the victim�s browser.

Affected products

• Kibana: before 6.8.6; from 7.0.0 before 7.5.1 — fixed in 6.8.6, 7.5.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Kibana 6.8.6, 7.5.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-8-6-and-7-5-1-security-update/212390
• https://www.elastic.co/community/security/
• https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-8-6-and-7-5-1-security-update/212390
• https://www.elastic.co/community/security/

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