Elastic Kibana < 4.6.5, 5.x < 5.5.2 XSS Vulnerability (ESA-2017-16) - Windows
🗓️ 19 Jan 2021 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone AGType
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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 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
CPE = "cpe:/a:elastic:kibana";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.117164");
script_version("2025-09-03T14:11:39+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-09-03 14:11:39 +0000 (Wed, 03 Sep 2025)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2021-01-19 11:49:14 +0000 (Tue, 19 Jan 2021)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_name("Elastic Kibana < 4.6.5, 5.x < 5.5.2 XSS Vulnerability (ESA-2017-16) - Windows");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2021 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 vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Kibana contains a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the
markdown parser that could allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information from or perform
destructive actions on behalf of other Kibana users.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Kibana versions prior to 4.6.5 and 5.5.2.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 4.6.5, 5.5.2 or later.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-5-5-2-and-4-6-5-security-update/97462");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.elastic.co/community/security");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if (!port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE))
exit(0);
if (!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE))
exit(0);
version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];
if (version_is_less(version: version, test_version: "4.6.5")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "4.6.5", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
if (version_in_range(version: version, test_version: "5.0", test_version2: "5.5.1")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "5.5.2", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
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