Improper Privilege Management in X-Pack

Also known as GHSA-m728-qvxh-xfjq

Published 9 y ago 2017-08-18 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-17 · JSON

CVSS

5.3

v3.0 · NVD

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

0.7%

percentile 53%

Public exploits

none known

The Reporting feature in X-Pack in versions prior to 5.5.2 and standalone Reporting plugin versions versions prior to 2.4.6 had an impersonation vulnerability. A user with the reporting_user role could execute a report with the permissions of another reporting user, possibly gaining access to sensitive data.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.69% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 53% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
NVD	3.0	5.3	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`
NVD	2.0	4.0	`AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N`
GitHub	3.0	5.3	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`

Affected packages

Ecosystem	Package	Affected	Fixed in
maven	`org.elasticsearch.plugin:x-pack`	<5.5.2	5.5.2

Affected products

Elastic Elastic X-Pack Reporting

Classification

Weakness

CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials
CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

References

elastic.co /community/security · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8446 · advisory

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2017-8446
GitHub Advisory: GHSA-m728-qvxh-xfjq
NVD: CVE-2017-8446

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Summary