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CVE-2018-17246

Kibana versions before 6.4.3 and 5.6.13 contain an arbitrary file inclusion flaw in the Console plugin. An attacker with access to the Kibana...

Basic Information

CVE State
PUBLISHED
Reserved Date
September 20, 2018
Published Date
December 20, 2018
Last Updated
August 05, 2024
Vendor
Elastic
Product
Kibana
Description
Kibana versions before 6.4.3 and 5.6.13 contain an arbitrary file inclusion flaw in the Console plugin. An attacker with access to the Kibana Console API could send a request that will attempt to execute javascript code. This could possibly lead to an attacker executing arbitrary commands with permissions of the Kibana process on the host system.
Tags
elasticsearch nuclei_scanner

CVSS Scores

CVSS v3.0

9.8 - CRITICAL

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

7.5

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS Score

Score
93.87% (Percentile: 99.86%) as of 2025-06-14

Exploit Status

Exploited in the Wild
Yes (2025-05-19 00:00:00 UTC) Source

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106285 https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-4-3-and-5-6-13-security-update/155594 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2018:3743 https://www.elastic.co/community/security

Known Exploited Vulnerability Information

Source Added Date
The Shadowserver (via CIRCL) 2025-05-20 12:00:37 UTC

Scanner Integrations

Scanner URL Date Detected
Nuclei https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2018/CVE-2018-17246.yaml 2025-04-26 00:00:00 UTC

Potential Proof of Concepts

Warning: These PoCs have not been tested and could contain malware. Use at your own risk.

mpgn/CVE-2018-17246

Type: github • Created: 2019-03-08 20:06:15 UTC • Stars: 63

CVE-2018-17246 - Kibana LFI < 6.4.3 & 5.6.13

Timeline

  • CVE ID Reserved

  • CVE Published to Public

  • Detected by Nuclei

  • Added to KEVIntel