CVE-2025-25018

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation in Kibana can lead to stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

CVSS v3 8.7 HIGH

8.7^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.3 / Impact : 5.8

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-18-8-8-19-5-9-0-8-9-1-5-security-update-esa-2025-17/382451	Broken Link Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana::::::::

History

30 Oct 2025, 14:25

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time		Elastic kibana Elastic
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana::::::::
References	~~() https://https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-18-8-8-19-5-9-0-8-9-1-5-security-update-esa-2025-17/382451 -~~	() https://https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-18-8-8-19-5-9-0-8-9-1-5-security-update-esa-2025-17/382451 - Broken Link, Vendor Advisory

10 Oct 2025, 10:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-10-10 10:15

Updated : 2025-10-30 14:25

NVD link : CVE-2025-25018

Mitre link : CVE-2025-25018

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-25018

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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