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Elastic Kibana 'CVE-2018-3830' Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability - Windows

🗓️ 21 Sep 2018 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2018 Greenbone AGType 
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Elastic Kibana 'CVE-2018-3830' Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability - Window

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if( description )
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.113274");
  script_version("2025-12-11T05:46:19+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-12-11 05:46:19 +0000 (Thu, 11 Dec 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2018-09-21 13:23:49 +0200 (Fri, 21 Sep 2018)");
  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:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/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:"2023-03-03 19:17:00 +0000 (Fri, 03 Mar 2023)");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");

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

  script_cve_id("CVE-2018-3830");

  script_name("Elastic Kibana 'CVE-2018-3830' Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability - Windows");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2018 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_dependencies("gb_elastic_kibana_http_detect.nasl", "os_detection.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("elastic/kibana/detected", "Host/runs_windows");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"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 vulnerability exists within the source field formatter.");
  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation would allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information
  or perform destructive actions on behalf of other Kibana users.");
  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Kibana versions 5.3.0 through 5.6.11 and 6.0.0 through 6.4.0.");
  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 5.6.12 or 6.4.1 respectively.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-4-1-and-5-6-12-security-update/149035");

  exit(0);
}

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

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

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

if( version_in_range( version: version, test_version: "5.3.0", test_version2: "5.6.11" ) ) {
  report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version: version, fixed_version: "5.6.12" );
  security_message( data: report, port: port );
  exit( 0 );
}

if( version_in_range( version: version, test_version: "6.0.0", test_version2: "6.4.0" ) ) {
  report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version: version, fixed_version: "6.4.1" );
  security_message( data: report, port: port );
  exit( 0 );
}

exit( 99 );

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11 Dec 2025 00:00Current
7.3High risk
Vulners AI Score7.3
CVSS 24.3
CVSS 3.16.1
EPSS0.01628
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