4.3
MEDIUM
CVE-2021-37938
Kibana Windows Path Traversal Vulnerability (File Upload)
Description

It was discovered that on Windows operating systems specifically, Kibana was not validating a user supplied path, which would load .pbf files. Because of this, a malicious user could arbitrarily traverse the Kibana host to load internal files ending in the .pbf extension. Thanks to Dominic Couture for finding this vulnerability.

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 18, 2021, 4:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 23, 2021, 6:20 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

1.4

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2021-37938 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

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URL Resource
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-7-15-2-security-update/288923 Release Notes Vendor Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2021-37938 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 [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

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

    Nov. 23, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-7-15-2-security-update/288923 No Types Assigned https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-7-15-2-security-update/288923 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-22
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 7.9.0 up to (excluding) 7.15.2
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Exploit Prediction

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

0.06 }} 0.00%

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0.25350

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