Kibana versions before 6.4.3 and 5.6.13 contain an arbitrary file inclusion flaw in the Console plugin.

Published 7 y ago 2018-12-20 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-17 · JSON

CVSS

9.8

v3.0 · NVD

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

84.3%

percentile 100%

Public exploits

none known · Nuclei check

Kibana versions before 6.4.3 and 5.6.13 contain an arbitrary file inclusion flaw in the Console plugin. An attacker with access to the Kibana Console API could send a request that will attempt to execute javascript code. This could possibly lead to an attacker executing arbitrary commands with permissions of the Kibana process on the host system.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

84.29% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 100% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

Nuclei template Kibana - Local File Inclusion · nuclei detection template

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
NVD	3.0	9.8	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
NVD	2.0	7.5	`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`

Affected products

Elastic Kibana

Classification

Weakness

CWE-73 External Control of File Name or Path
CWE-829 Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere

References

securityfocus.com /bid/106285 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
discuss.elastic.co /t/elastic-stack-6-4-3-and-5-6-13-security-update/155594 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
access.redhat.com /errata/RHBA-2018:3743 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
elastic.co /community/security · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2018-17246
NVD: CVE-2018-17246

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Summary