CVE-2018-3830: elastic kibana
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2018-3830 is a medium (CVSS 6.1) vulnerability in elastic kibana. EPSS estimates a 1.63% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 76.2% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 6.1, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 1Timeline
- 19-09-2018PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 05-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Kibana versions 5.3.0 to 6.4.1 had a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability via the source field formatter that could allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information from or perform destructive actions on behalf of other Kibana users.
CVSS metrics
2 scores · 1 source · 2 versionsEPSS trend
Probability
1.63%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
76%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 1.63% on 05-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Elastic1 product
- kibanaafter 5.3.0, before 5.6.12 and 6.4.1 | ≥ 5.3.0, ≤ 6.4.1
Redhat1 product
2 vendors · 2 products
References
3 links- discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-4-1-and-5-6-12-security-update/149035X Refsource CONFIRMRelease NotesVendor Advisory