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CVSS
Critical

CVE-2018-17246

PUBLISHED

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...

PoC available Remote Low complexity No user interaction
Vendor
Elastic
Product
Kibana
Published
Dec 20, 2018
EPSS
93.9% · 100% pctl

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.

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CVSS scores

CVSS v3.0 9.8 Critical

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

CVSS v2.0 7.5

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

Exploitation status

Proof of concept available

Recorded 2019-03-08 20:06:15 UTC · Source

References

Known exploited vulnerability sources

Catalogues that list this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability.

Source Added
The Shadowserver (via CIRCL) May 20, 2025

Scanner integrations

Scanner Reference Detected
Nuclei https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2018/CVE-2018-17246.yaml Apr 25, 2025

Potential proof of concepts

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mpgn/CVE-2018-17246

github · Created 2019-03-08 20:06:15 UTC · 63 stars

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

Timeline

  • CVE ID Reserved

  • CVE Published to Public

  • Proof of Concept Exploit Available

  • Detected by Nuclei

  • Added to KEVIntel