CVE-2017-11479 [Medium] | XSS in Kibana

Kibana versions prior to 5.6.1 had a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Timelion that could allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information from or perform destructive actions on behalf of other Kibana users.

#	Date	Old EPSS score	New EPSS score	Delta (New - Old)
1	2026-01-18	0.39%	0.29%	-0.10%
2	2025-03-30	0.33%	0.39%	+0.06%
3	2025-03-29	—	0.33%	—

Date

Old EPSS score

New EPSS score

Delta (New - Old)

2026-01-18

0.39%

0.29%

-0.10%

2025-03-30

0.33%

0.39%

+0.06%

2025-03-29

—

0.33%

—

Base score	Version	Severity	Vector	Exploitability	Impact	Score source
6.1	3.0	MEDIUM	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N` Click to expand Attack vector (AV:N) Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine. Attack complexity (AC:L) Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup. Privileges required (PR:N) No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough. User interaction (UI:R) A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land. Scope (S:C) Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius. Confidentiality (C:L) Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump. Integrity (I:L) Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes. Availability (A:N) Service keeps running; no real outage angle.	2.8	2.7	[email protected]
4.3	2.0	MEDIUM	`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N` Click to expand Access vector (AV:N) Can be exploited remotely over network reachability. Access complexity (AC:M) Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones. Authentication (AU:N) No authentication is required. Confidentiality impact (C:N) No confidentiality impact. Integrity impact (I:P) Partial integrity impact. Availability impact (A:N) No availability impact.	8.6	2.9	[email protected]

Base score

Version

Severity

Vector

Exploitability

Impact

Score source

6.1

3.0

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand

Attack vector (AV:N): Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L): Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N): No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R): A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C): Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L): Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L): Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N): Service keeps running; no real outage angle.

2.8

2.7

[email protected]

4.3

2.0

MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand

Access vector (AV:N): Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M): Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N): No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N): No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P): Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N): No availability impact.

8.6

2.9

[email protected]

OS Trackers for CVE-2017-11479

vendor	priority	summary	link
`redhat`	medium	—	https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-11479
`suse`	medium	CVE-2017-11479 severity moderate: SUSE including 1 source package names (kibana), 1 product×package rows across 1 product lines (SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7): Known Not Affected 1.	https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-11479/

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2017-11479

Vendor	Product	Version	Raw CPE
elastic	kibana	5.0.0	cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:5.0.0:::::::*
elastic	kibana	5.0.1	cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:5.0.1:::::::*
elastic	kibana	5.0.2	cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:5.0.2:::::::*
elastic	kibana	5.1.1	cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:5.1.1:::::::*
elastic	kibana	5.1.2	cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:5.1.2:::::::*
elastic	kibana	5.2.0	cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:5.2.0:::::::*
elastic	kibana	5.2.1	cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:5.2.1:::::::*
elastic	kibana	5.2.2	cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:5.2.2:::::::*
elastic	kibana	5.3.0	cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:5.3.0:::::::*
elastic	kibana	5.3.1	cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:5.3.1:::::::*
elastic	kibana	5.3.2	cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:5.3.2:::::::*
elastic	kibana	5.3.3	cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:5.3.3:::::::*
elastic	kibana	5.4.0	cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:5.4.0:::::::*
elastic	kibana	5.4.1	cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:5.4.1:::::::*
elastic	kibana	5.4.2	cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:5.4.2:::::::*
elastic	kibana	5.4.3	cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:5.4.3:::::::*
elastic	kibana	5.5.0	cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:5.5.0:::::::*
elastic	kibana	5.5.1	cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:5.5.1:::::::*
elastic	kibana	5.5.2	cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:5.5.2:::::::*
elastic	kibana	5.5.3	cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:5.5.3:::::::*
elastic	kibana	5.6.0	cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:5.6.0:::::::*
elasticsearch	kibana	5.1.0	cpe:2.3:a:elasticsearch:kibana:5.1.0:::::::*

References for CVE-2017-11479

URL	Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/24/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/29/3
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-alerting-and-kibana-5-6-1-security-update/101884	Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory

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CVE-2017-11479

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2017-11479

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2017-11479

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2017-11479

OS Trackers for CVE-2017-11479

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2017-11479

References for CVE-2017-11479