RULE(RULE ID:321856)

Rule General Information
Release Date: 2019-06-14
Rule Name: Elasticsearch Kibana Console Plugin Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2018-17246)
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CVE ID:
Rule Protection Details
Description: Kibana versions before 6.4.3 and 5.6.13 contain an arbitrary file inclusion flaw in the Console plugin. An attacker with access to the Kibana Console API could send a request that will attempt to execute javascript code. This could possibly lead to an attacker executing arbitrary commands with permissions of the Kibana process on the host system.
Impact: An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to have unspecified effect.
Affected OS: Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, Other Unix, Network Device, Mac OS, iOS, Android, Others
Reference: SecurityFocusBID:106285
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2018:3743
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-4-3-and-5-6-13-security-update/155594
https://www.elastic.co/community/security
Solutions
The vendors have released upgrade patches to fix vulnerabilities, please visit:
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-4-3-and-5-6-13-security-update/155594