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CVE-2019-7609

Kibana versions before 5.6.15 and 6.6.1 contain an arbitrary code execution flaw in the Timelion visualizer. An attacker with access to the...

Basic Information

CVE State
PUBLISHED
Reserved Date
February 07, 2019
Published Date
March 25, 2019
Last Updated
February 07, 2025
Vendor
Elastic
Product
Kibana
Description
Kibana versions before 5.6.15 and 6.6.1 contain an arbitrary code execution flaw in the Timelion visualizer. An attacker with access to the Timelion application 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 cisa nuclei_scanner metasploit_scanner

CVSS Scores

CVSS v3.1

10.0 - CRITICAL

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

CVSS v2.0

10.0

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

SSVC Information

Exploitation
active
Automatable
Yes
Technical Impact
total

Exploit Status

Exploited in the Wild
Yes (2022-01-10 00:00:00 UTC) Source
Proof of Concept Available
Yes (added 2024-06-01 05:10:58 UTC) Source

References

https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-6-1-and-5-6-15-security-update/169077 https://www.elastic.co/community/security https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2860 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:2824 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174569/Kibana-Timelion-Prototype-Pollution-Remote-Code-Execution.html

Known Exploited Vulnerability Information

Source Added Date
CISA 2022-01-10 00:00:00 UTC

Scanner Integrations

Scanner URL Date Detected
Metasploit https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/http/kibana_timelion_prototype_pollution_rce.rb 2025-04-29 11:01:13 UTC
Nuclei https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2019/CVE-2019-7609.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.

kibana_timelion_prototype_pollution_rce

Type: metasploit • Created: Unknown

Metasploit module for CVE-2019-7609

Akshay15-png/CVE-2019-7609

Type: github • Created: 2024-06-01 05:10:58 UTC • Stars: 1

Exploit for CVE-2019-7609 in python

wolf1892/CVE-2019-7609

Type: github • Created: 2022-02-10 06:22:54 UTC • Stars: 0

docker lab setup for kibana-7609

dnr6419/CVE-2019-7609

Type: github • Created: 2021-08-24 04:38:26 UTC • Stars: 1

Kibana Prototype Pollution

rhbb/CVE-2019-7609

Type: github • Created: 2020-04-03 10:23:03 UTC • Stars: 1

hekadan/CVE-2019-7609

Type: github • Created: 2019-12-01 14:29:22 UTC • Stars: 21

LandGrey/CVE-2019-7609

Type: github • Created: 2019-10-21 15:31:13 UTC • Stars: 163

exploit CVE-2019-7609(kibana RCE) on right way by python2 scripts

mpgn/CVE-2019-7609

Type: github • Created: 2019-10-21 07:32:31 UTC • Stars: 55

RCE on Kibana versions before 5.6.15 and 6.6.0 in the Timelion visualizer

Timeline

  • CVE ID Reserved

  • CVE Published to Public

  • Added to KEVIntel

  • Proof of Concept Exploit Available

  • Detected by Nuclei

  • Detected by Metasploit