CVE-2014-3120

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-3120
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-07-28 19:55:00 UTC
Updated2016-12-06 18:13:00 UTC
DescriptionThe default configuration in Elasticsearch before 1.2 enables dynamic scripting, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary MVEL expressions and Java code via the source parameter to _search. NOTE: this only violates the vendor's intended security policy if the user does not run Elasticsearch in its own independent virtual machine.

Risk And Classification

EPSS: 0.825970000 probability, percentile 0.992250000 (date 2026-04-02)

CISA KEV: Listed on 2022-03-25; due 2022-04-15; ransomware use Unknown

Problem Types: CWE-284

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

VendorElastic
ProductElasticsearch
NameElasticsearch Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Required ActionApply updates per vendor instructions.
Noteshttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3120

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Elasticsearch Elasticsearch All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Insecure default in Elasticsearch enables remote code execution MISC bouk.co Exploit
Elasticsearch CVE-2014-3120 Arbitrary Java Code Execution Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Exploit
Logstash 1.4.3 released | Elastic CONFIRM www.elastic.co Vendor Advisory
Securing Your Elasticsearch Cluster MISC www.found.no Exploit
CVE-2014-3120 ElasticSearch Dynamic Script Arbitrary Java Execution | Rapid7 MISC www.rapid7.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
ElasticSearch Remote Code Execution EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com Exploit
106949 OSVDB www.osvdb.org
Security issues | Elastic CONFIRM www.elastic.co Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog CISA www.cisa.gov kev
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