CVE-2020-7011: elastic elastic_app_search
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2020-7011 is a medium (CVSS 6.1) vulnerability in elastic elastic_app_search. EPSS estimates a 1.01% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 62.5% of scored vulnerabilities.
Timeline
- 03-06-2020PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 04-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Elastic App Search versions before 7.7.0 contain a cross site scripting (XSS) flaw when displaying document URLs in the Reference UI. If the Reference UI injects a URL into a result, that URL will be rendered by the web browser. If an attacker is able to control the contents of such a field, they could execute arbitrary JavaScript in the victim�s web browser.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated6.1MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
1.01%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
63%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
+0.03 pp
From 0.98% on 20-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root cause- CWE-84Improper Neutralization of Encoded URI Schemes in a Web PageThe web application improperly neutralizes user-controlled input for executable script disguised with URI encodings.
- CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.
Affected systems
Elastic1 product
- elastic_app_search< 7.7.0
Ubuntu1 product
- elasticsearchAll versions (No fix recorded)
2 vendors · 2 products