CVE-2018-3823
What it is
X-Pack Machine Learning versions before 6.2.4 and 5.6.9 had a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. Users with manage_ml permissions could create jobs containing malicious data as part of their configuration that could allow the attacker to obtain sensitive information from or perform destructive actions on behalf of other ML users viewing the results of the jobs.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network with a low-privilege account, but needs a user to act. Limited direct impact.
- Exploit odds
- 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.6% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 5.4 MEDIUM (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.6% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-79 · Cross-site scripting
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Elastic Elasticsearch x-pack < 5.6.9
- Elastic Elasticsearch x-pack < 6.2.4
- Elastic Kibana x-pack < 5.6.9
- Elastic Kibana x-pack < 6.2.4
- Elastic Logstash x-pack < 5.6.9
- Elastic Logstash x-pack < 6.2.4
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 5.4
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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Fix and advisories
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-2-4-and-5-6-9-security-update/128422
- https://www.elastic.co/community/security
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-2-4-and-5-6-9-security-update/128422
- https://www.elastic.co/community/security