{"id":"CVE-2017-8446","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-8446","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:17:21.493Z","title":"The Reporting feature in X-Pack in versions prior to 5.5.2 and standalone Reporting plugin versions versions prior to 2.4.6 had an impersonation vulnerability.","description":"The Reporting feature in X-Pack in versions prior to 5.5.2 and standalone Reporting plugin versions versions prior to 2.4.6 had an impersonation vulnerability. A user with the reporting_user role could execute a report with the permissions of another reporting user, possibly gaining access to sensitive data.","published":"2017-08-18T20:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:26:23.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@elastic.co","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":5.3,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-522","CWE-269"],"affected":["elasticsearch/x-pack","elasticsearch/x-pack reporting"],"epss":{"score":0.00695,"percentile":0.52791,"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 (0.69%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://www.elastic.co/community/security","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@elastic.co"},{"url":"https://www.elastic.co/community/security","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8446","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."}