{"id":"CVE-2017-11479","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-11479","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T22:20:14.682Z","title":"Kibana versions prior to 5.6.1 had a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Timelion that could allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information from or perform destructive actions on behalf of other Kibana users.","description":"Kibana versions prior to 5.6.1 had a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Timelion that could allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information from or perform destructive actions on behalf of other Kibana users.","published":"2017-09-29T01:34:49.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:01:53.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@elastic.co","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":6.1,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-79"],"affected":["elastic/kibana","elasticsearch/kibana"],"epss":{"score":0.01071,"percentile":0.64688,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.07%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/24/1","source":"security@elastic.co"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/29/3","source":"security@elastic.co"},{"url":"https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-alerting-and-kibana-5-6-1-security-update/101884","tags":["Issue Tracking","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@elastic.co"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/24/1","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/29/3","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-alerting-and-kibana-5-6-1-security-update/101884","tags":["Issue Tracking","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11479","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}