CVE-2017-8440

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    CVE-2017-8440

    Published: 5 Jun 2017Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-5-4-1-and-5-3-3-security-updates/87952, https://www.elastic.co/blog/kibana-5-4-1-and-5-3-3-released, https://www.elastic.co/community/security

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 3adb13b1f49935973b974a2517caa0d4d59bf4d0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    5.3.0
    5.3.1
    5.3.2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High