kibana: XSS in Discover page could allow attacker to obtain sensitive information or perform user actions
Published Jun 5, 2017
6.1
MEDIUMCVSS 3.0
EPSS 0.99%
Description
Starting in version 5.3.0, Kibana had a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Discover page that could allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information from or perform destructive actions on behalf of other Kibana users.
Affected products
-
- Version 5.3.0 to 5.3.3StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 5.4.1StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7 (Kilo) Operational Tools
kibana
Not affected
Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3
kibana
Not affected
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty) Operational Tools
kibana
Not affected
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 (Mitaka) Operational Tools
kibana
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7 (Kilo) Operational Tools | kibana | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3 | kibana | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty) Operational Tools | kibana | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 (Mitaka) Operational Tools | kibana | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.99% (0.00990) | 61.16th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 0.99% (0.00990) | 61.01th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.14% (0.00141) | 50.30th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 21, 2024 | 0.14% (0.00141) | 50.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.14% (0.00141) | 48.05th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 36.37th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 16.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 0.83% (0.00833) | 24.58th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.83% (0.00833) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (7)
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-8440 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1533353 Issue Tracking
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-5-4-1-and-5-3-3-security-updates/87952 x_refsource_CONFIRMMitigationVendor Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8440
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-8440
- https://www.elastic.co/blog/kibana-5-4-1-and-5-3-3-released x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- https://www.elastic.co/community/security x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-8440 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1533353 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-5-4-1-and-5-3-3-security-updates/87952 | x_refsource_CONFIRMMitigationVendor Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8440 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-8440 | ||
| https://www.elastic.co/blog/kibana-5-4-1-and-5-3-3-released | x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease NotesVendor Advisory | |
| https://www.elastic.co/community/security | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory |
Change history (0)
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