CVE-2019-7621 Cross-site scripting in Kibana
An attacker can execute arbitrary JavaScript in a victim's browser by creating malicious coordinate or region map visualizations in Kibana.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-7621?
CVE-2019-7621 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Elastic Kibana, published on 18 Dec 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Kibana versions before 6.8.6 and 7.5.1 contain a cross site scripting (XSS) flaw in the coordinate and region map visualizations. An attacker with the ability to create coordinate map visualizations could create a malicious visualization. If another Kibana user views that visualization or a dashboard containing the visualization it could execute JavaScript in the victim�s browser.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-7621?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Elastic Kibana.
How do I fix CVE-2019-7621?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-7621 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2019-7621 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-7621 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Elastic Kibana
Sources
Also known as GHSA-w6m5-9xjg-jf9w.