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HistorySep 27, 2021 - 12:00 a.m.

Elastic Kibana HTML Injection Vulnerability (ESA-2021-23)

2021-09-2700:00:00
Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone Networks GmbH
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5.4 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

LOW

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

5.7 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

22.7%

Elastic Kibana is prone to an HTML injection vulnerability.

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

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.117700");
  script_version("2023-10-20T16:09:12+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-10-20 16:09:12 +0000 (Fri, 20 Oct 2023)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2021-09-27 11:31:59 +0000 (Mon, 27 Sep 2021)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.5");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2022-11-22 20:28:00 +0000 (Tue, 22 Nov 2022)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2021-37936");

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

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

  script_name("Elastic Kibana HTML Injection Vulnerability (ESA-2021-23)");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_dependencies("gb_elastic_kibana_detect_http.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("elastic/kibana/detected");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Elastic Kibana is prone to an HTML injection vulnerability.");

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

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"It was discovered that kibana was not sanitizing document fields
  containing html snippets. Using this vulnerability, an attacker with the ability to write
  documents to an elasticsearch index could inject HTML. When the Discover app highlighted a search
  term containing the HTML, it would be rendered for the user.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Elastic Kibana version 7.14.0 only.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 7.14.1 or later.

  Mitigation: Users can set 'doc_table:highlight' to 'false' in the Kibana Advanced Settings.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-7-14-1-security-update/283077");

  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_equal(version: version, test_version: "7.14.0")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "7.14.1", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

5.4 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

LOW

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

5.7 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

22.7%

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