Cross-site scripting in Elastic App Search
Priority LOW 29CWE-84Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
Elastic App Search versions before 7.7.0 contain a cross site scripting (XSS) flaw when displaying document URLs in the Reference UI. If the Reference UI injects a URL into a result, that URL will be rendered by the web browser. If an attacker is able to control the contents of such a field, they could execute arbitrary JavaScript in the victim�s web browser.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01008 63rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Elastic App Search (Elastic): 7.7.0
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Elastic App Search (Elastic) Fixed in 7.7.0
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 6 products
- Red Hat Decision Manager 7
- Red Hat Fuse 7
- Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
- Red Hat Process Automation 7
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-7011
References
More Elastic App Search vulnerabilities
- TI-2021-05130 XML external entity injection in Elastic App Search CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2020-7011 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-7011 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- CVE-2020-7011 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. Sources and licences