5.4
MEDIUM
CVE-2021-37936
Kibana HTML Injection Vulnerability
Description

It was discovered that Kibana was not sanitizing document fields containing HTML snippets. Using this vulnerability, an attacker with the ability to write documents to an elasticsearch index could inject HTML. When the Discover app highlighted a search term containing the HTML, it would be rendered for the user.

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 18, 2022, 11:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 6:16 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.7

Exploitability Score :

2.3
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2021-37936 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Elastic kibana
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2021-37936.

URL Resource
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-7-14-1-security-update/283077 Mitigation Vendor Advisory
https://www.elastic.co/community/security/ Mitigation Vendor Advisory
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-7-14-1-security-update/283077 Mitigation Vendor Advisory
https://www.elastic.co/community/security/ Mitigation Vendor Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2021-37936 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-7-14-1-security-update/283077
    Added Reference https://www.elastic.co/community/security/
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 22, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-7-14-1-security-update/283077 No Types Assigned https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-7-14-1-security-update/283077 Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.elastic.co/community/security/ No Types Assigned https://www.elastic.co/community/security/ Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-79
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 7.14.1
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.05 }} 0.00%

score

0.22510

percentile

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