Kibana CVE-2016-10366 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	107306
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2016-10366
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Oct 24 2016 12:00AM
Updated:	Oct 24 2016 12:00AM
Credit:	The vendor reported this issue.
Vulnerable:	Elasticsearch Kibana 4.6.1 Elasticsearch Kibana 4.6 Elasticsearch Kibana 4.5.4 Elasticsearch Kibana 4.5.3 Elasticsearch Kibana 4.5.2 Elasticsearch Kibana 4.5.1 Elasticsearch Kibana 4.5 Elasticsearch Kibana 4.3
Not Vulnerable:	Elasticsearch Kibana 4.6.2

Kibana CVE-2016-10366 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Kibana is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

Kibana 4.3 through 4.6.1 are vulnerable.

Kibana CVE-2016-10366 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

An attacker can exploit this issue by enticing an unsuspecting user into visiting a specially crafted URL.

Kibana CVE-2016-10366 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

Kibana CVE-2016-10366 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• Kibana download page (Elasticsearch)
  
• Elasticsearch Security Issues (Elasticsearch)