CVE-2022-23707
MEDIUM
5.4
CVSS Score
Published: February 11, 2022 at 05:40 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:30 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorKibana
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Severity
MEDIUM5.4
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
Description
An XSS vulnerability was found in Kibana index patterns. Using this vulnerability, an authenticated user with permissions to create index patterns can inject malicious javascript into the index pattern which could execute against other users
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 7.16.37.5.1 ≤ v < 7.17.0
Affected range stops below 7.17.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (1)
x_refsource_MISCPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-7-17-0-security-update/296215CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- CHANGED
- Confidentiality
- LOW
- Integrity
- LOW
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-79
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