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External Control of File Name or Path

CVE-2018-17246

High
9.8/10

Summary

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.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-73 - External Control of File Name or Path

The software allows user input to control or influence paths or file names that are used in filesystem operations.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published