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CVE-2020-7015 json

Kibana versions before 6.8.9 and 7.7.0 contains a stored XSS flaw in the TSVB visualization.

published 6y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-28152

cvss
5.4
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.8%
EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 56%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Kibana versions before 6.8.9 and 7.7.0 contains a stored XSS flaw in the TSVB visualization. An attacker who is able to edit or create a TSVB visualization could allow the attacker to obtain sensitive information from, or perform destructive actions, on behalf of Kibana users who edit the TSVB visualization.

Patch / fix

  • elastic kibana 6.8.10, 7.7.1

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2020-7015 updated cvss 5.4

kibana: XSS in TSVB visualization (ESA-2020-08)

  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11 kibana Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 kibana
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “To mitigate this vulnerability you can set "metrics.enabled: false" in kibana.yml”
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.5 openshift4/ose-logging-kibana6 v4.5.0-202008310950.p0, openshift4/ose-elasticsearch-operator v4.5.0-202008310950.p0
    fixed: vendor fix “To mitigate this vulnerability you can set "metrics.enabled: false" in kibana.yml” RHSA-2020:3578
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.5 openshift4/ose-cluster-network-operator v4.5.0-202008210149.p0, openshift4/ose-cluster-version-operator v4.5.0-202008280601.p0
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

0.78% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 56% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD 2.0 3.5 AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

  • Elastic Kibana

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

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