6.1

CVE-2018-3824: elastic elasticsearch_x-pack Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 6.1v3.0MediumModified
AliasesGHSA-mjpc-qx7h-r8c9
Published 19-09-2018Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-3824 is a medium (CVSS 6.1) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in elastic elasticsearch_x-pack. EPSS estimates a 0.89% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 58.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
25/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.1/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.89%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 19-09-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

X-Pack Machine Learning versions before 6.2.4 and 5.6.9 had a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. If an attacker is able to inject data into an index that has a ML job running against it, then when another user views the results of the ML job it could allow the attacker to obtain sensitive information from or perform destructive actions on behalf of that other ML user.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.89%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

59%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.89% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.89%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Elastic4 products
Org.elasticsearch1 product
  • elasticsearch< 5.6.9 | ≥ 6.0.0, < 6.2.4

2 vendors · 5 products

References

3 links