Medium severity6.1NVD Advisory· Published Jun 5, 2017· Updated May 13, 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.

Affected products

Elastic/Kibanav55 versions
5.3.0 to 5.3.3+ 4 more
- (no CPE)range: 5.3.0 to 5.3.3
- 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

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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