CVE-2016-1000218 Cross-site request forgery in n/a
An attacker can force authenticated Kibana users to generate superfluous reports via a specially-crafted page, impacting resource usage.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-1000218?
CVE-2016-1000218 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Jun 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Kibana Reporting plugin version 2.4.0 is vulnerable to a CSRF vulnerability that could allow an attacker to generate superfluous reports whenever an authenticated Kibana user navigates to a specially-crafted page.
Weakness: CWE-352
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-1000218?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Elastic Kibana Reporting.
How do I fix CVE-2016-1000218?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-1000218 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2016-1000218 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-1000218 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wwcp-82rf-3x93.