CVE-2021-37936

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.

CVSS v3 5.4 MEDIUM

5.4^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.3 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	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

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 06:16

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-7-14-1-security-update/283077 - Mitigation, Vendor Advisory~~	() https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-7-14-1-security-update/283077 - Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
References	~~() https://www.elastic.co/community/security/ - Mitigation, Vendor Advisory~~	() https://www.elastic.co/community/security/ - Mitigation, Vendor Advisory

Information

Published : 2022-11-18 23:15

Updated : 2025-04-29 15:15

NVD link : CVE-2021-37936

Mitre link : CVE-2021-37936

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-37936

JSON object : View

Products Affected

elastic

kibana

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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