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TI-2020-05663 Aliases CVE-2020-7015GHSA-xcx2-2cj3-98r7

Cross-site scripting in Elastic Kibana

Priority LOW 26CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · None
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 1 fixed, 2 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

Kibana versions before 6.8.9 and 7.7.0 contains a stored XSS flaw in the TSVB visualization. An attacker who is able to edit or create a TSVB visualization could allow the attacker to obtain sensitive information from, or perform destructive actions, on behalf of Kibana users who edit the TSVB visualization.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00779 56th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Red Hat: 1 advisoryRed Hat: 1 fixed, 2 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
ElasticKibanabefore 6.8.9 and 7.7.0—No fix listedCNA
  • Kibana VendorElastic Affected before 6.8.9 and 7.7.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 6.8.10; 7.0.0 to before 7.7.1VulnerableElastic
  • cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 6.8.10; 7.0.0 to before 7.7.1 Vulnerable ·Elastic

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2020:3578 Released 2020-09-08 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    OpenShift Container Platform 4.5.8 security update
    • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.5 openshift4/ose-cluster-network-operator, openshift4/ose-cluster-version-operator, openshift4/ose-elasticsearch-operator +1

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.5Fixed RHSA-2020:3578
Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.5

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-7015
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xcx2-2cj3-98r7

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2019-05363 Code injection in Elastic Kibana KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2018-12328 Kibana versions before 6.4.3 and 5.6.13 contain an arbitrary file inclusion flaw in the… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2025-18692 Kibana arbitrary code execution via prototype pollution CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2020-05660 Code injection in Elastic Kibana CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2024-24803 Deserialization of untrusted data in Elastic Kibana CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
  • TI-2024-24800 Kibana arbitrary code execution via YAML deserialization CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
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Sources

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