{"id":"CVE-2018-3823","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-3823","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T01:53:45.639Z","title":"X-Pack Machine Learning versions before 6.2.4 and 5.6.9 had a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.","description":"X-Pack Machine Learning versions before 6.2.4 and 5.6.9 had a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. Users with manage_ml permissions could create jobs containing malicious data as part of their configuration that could allow the attacker to obtain sensitive information from or perform destructive actions on behalf of other ML users viewing the results of the jobs.","published":"2018-09-19T19:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:57:51.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@elastic.co","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":5.4,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-79"],"affected":["elastic/elasticsearch x-pack","elastic/kibana x-pack","elastic/logstash x-pack"],"epss":{"score":0.00647,"percentile":0.50797,"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 (0.65%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-2-4-and-5-6-9-security-update/128422","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@elastic.co"},{"url":"https://www.elastic.co/community/security","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@elastic.co"},{"url":"https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-2-4-and-5-6-9-security-update/128422","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"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-2018-3823","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."}