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CVE-2018-3821

Status: ModifiedMedium (6.1)—

Kibana versions after 5.1.1 and before 5.6.7 and 6.1.3 had a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the tag cloud visualization that could allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information from or perform destructive actions on behalf of other Kibana users.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Elastic — Kibana

CWEs

References

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