Elastic Kibana < 6.8.14, 7.0.0 < 7.10.2 Vega XSS Vulnerability (ESA-2021-04) - Linux

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 Greenbone AG
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CPE = "cpe:/a:elastic:kibana";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.145384");
  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:"2021-02-15 06:34:11 +0000 (Mon, 15 Feb 2021)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"3.5");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2021-01-06 18:06:00 +0000 (Wed, 06 Jan 2021)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2020-26296");

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

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

  script_name("Elastic Kibana < 6.8.14, 7.0.0 < 7.10.2 Vega XSS Vulnerability (ESA-2021-04) - Linux");

  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_unixoide");

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

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

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The Kibana 'Vega' visualization type is susceptible to both stored and
  reflected XSS via a vulnerable version of the Vega library.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Users who can create these visualizations or craft a vulnerable URL
  describing this visualization can execute arbitrary JavaScript in the victim's browser.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Kibana versions prior to 6.8.14 and 7.10.2.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 6.8.14, 7.10.2 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-7-11-0-and-6-8-14-security-update/263915");

  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: "6.8.14")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "6.8.14", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

if (version_in_range(version: version, test_version: "7.0", test_version2: "7.10.1")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "7.10.2", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);