VDB-327404 · CVE-2025-25009 · Nessus 269974

Elastic Kibana up to 9.1.4 Case File Upload cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Elastic Kibana up to 7.17.29/8.18.7/8.19.4/9.0.7/9.1.4. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Case File Upload Handler. Such manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-25009. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Elastic Kibana up to 7.17.29/8.18.7/8.19.4/9.0.7/9.1.4. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component Case File Upload Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation in Kibana can lead to Stored XSS via case file upload.

The advisory is shared for download at discuss.elastic.co. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-25009 since 01/31/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 269974 (Kibana 7.0.x <= 7.17.29 / 8.0.x <= 8.18.7 / 8.19.x <= 8.19.4 / 9.0.x <= 9.0.7 / 9.1.x <= 9.1.4 Multiple XSS (ESA-2025-17, ESA-2025-20)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (269974) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-2216). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Affected

Open Source Kibana

Productinfo

Vendor

Elastic

Name

Kibana

Version

License

open-source

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.9

VulDB Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Temp Score: 3.5
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NVD Base Score: 5.4
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CNA Base Score: 8.7
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 269974
Nessus Name: Kibana 7.0.x <= 7.17.29 / 8.0.x <= 8.18.7 / 8.19.x <= 8.19.4 / 9.0.x <= 9.0.7 / 9.1.x <= 9.1.4 Multiple XSS (ESA-2025-17, ESA-2025-20)