Elastic Kibana 'CVE-2017-8439' Cross-site scripting (XSS) Vulnerability - Linux

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 Greenbone AG
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:elastic:kibana";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.108178");
  script_version("2025-09-03T14:11:39+0000");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2017-8439");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.3");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-09-03 14:11:39 +0000 (Wed, 03 Sep 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2020-08-14 17:12:00 +0000 (Fri, 14 Aug 2020)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2017-06-12 12:54:29 +0200 (Mon, 12 Jun 2017)");
  script_name("Elastic Kibana 'CVE-2017-8439' Cross-site scripting (XSS) Vulnerability - Linux");
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2017 Greenbone AG");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_dependencies("gb_elastic_kibana_http_detect.nasl", "os_detection.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("elastic/kibana/detected", "Host/runs_unixoide");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-5-4-1-and-5-3-3-security-updates/87952");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.elastic.co/blog/kibana-5-4-1-and-5-3-3-released");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.elastic.co/community/security");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Elastic Kibana is prone to a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The Flaw is due to an insufficient
  validation of user supplied input in the Time Series Visual Builder.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow remote
  attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Elastic Kibana version 5.4.0.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to Elastic Kibana version 5.4.1,
  or later.");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  exit(0);
}

include("version_func.inc");
include("host_details.inc");

if( ! port = get_app_port( cpe:CPE ) ) exit( 0 );
if( ! vers = get_app_version( cpe:CPE, port:port ) ) exit( 0 );

if( version_is_equal( version:vers, test_version:"5.4.0" ) ) {
  report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:vers, fixed_version:"5.4.1" );
  security_message( port:port, data:report );
  exit( 0 );
}

exit( 99 );