Medium severity6.1NVD Advisory· Published Jun 5, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-8440

Description

Starting in version 5.3.0, Kibana had a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Discover page that could allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information from or perform destructive actions on behalf of other Kibana users.

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Affected products

Elastic/Kibana5 versions
cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:5.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
- cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:5.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:5.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:5.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:5.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 5.3.0 to 5.3.3

Patches

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References

discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-5-4-1-and-5-3-3-security-updates/87952nvdMitigationVendor Advisory
www.elastic.co/blog/kibana-5-4-1-and-5-3-3-releasednvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
www.elastic.co/community/securitynvdVendor Advisory

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