Vulnerability · Published May 1, 2025 · Assigned by elastic

CVE-2024-11390Kibana Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type Can Lead to XSS

Medium 5.4

In plain English

A medium-severity unrestricted file upload in Kibana from Elastic. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 30% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.4Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 70.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Unrestricted upload of a file with dangerous type in Kibana can lead to arbitrary JavaScript execution in a victim’s browser (XSS) via crafted HTML and JavaScript files. The attacker must have access to the Synthetics app AND/OR have access to write to the synthetics indices.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Elastic Kibana 7.17.6 – before 7.17.238.4.0 – before 8.11.4

Weakness: CWE-434 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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