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CVE-2025-25009: Kibana Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-10-07 · updated 2026-10-08
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation in Kibana can lead to Stored XSS via case file upload.

Affected products

• Kibana: from 7.0.0 before 8.18.8; from 8.19.0 before 8.19.5; from 9.0.0 before 9.0.8; from 9.1.0 before 9.1.5 — fixed in 8.18.8, 8.19.5, 9.0.8, 9.1.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Kibana 8.18.8, 8.19.5, 9.0.8, 9.1.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-18-8-8-19-5-9-0-8-and-9-1-5-security-update-esa-2025-20/382449

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