kibana: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability via colored fields formatter
Published Mar 30, 2018
6.1
MEDIUMCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.03%
Description
Kibana versions 5.1.1 to 6.1.2 and 5.6.6 had a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability via the colored fields formatter that could allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information from or perform destructive actions on behalf of other Kibana users.
Affected products
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- Version 5.1.1 to 6.1.2 and 5.6.6StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7 (Kilo) Operational Tools
kibana
Not affected
Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3
kibana
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 | 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
Red Hat statement
This issue affects the versions of kibana as shipped with Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise Linux. Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having security impact of Moderate. A future update may address this issue. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.
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 (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.03% (0.01029) | 62.38th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 1.03% (0.01029) | 62.17th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.08% (0.00076) | 33.13th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 21, 2024 | 0.08% (0.00076) | 32.83th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 3, 2023 | 0.07% (0.00075) | 30.83th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.09% (0.00089) | 36.33th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 27.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 10.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 0.62% (0.00624) | 17.80th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.62% (0.00624) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (6)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102734 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-3818 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1535284 Issue Tracking
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-1-2-and-5-6-6-security-update/115763 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-3818
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-3818
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102734 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-3818 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1535284 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-1-2-and-5-6-6-security-update/115763 | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-3818 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-3818 |
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