Kibana Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Priority LOW 39CWE-79Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation in Kibana can lead to stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00235 14th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elastic | Kibana | 7.0.0 – 7.17.29; 8.0.0 – 8.18.7; 8.19.0 – 8.19.4; 9.0.0 – 9.0.7; 9.1.0 – 9.1.4 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Kibana VendorElastic Affected 7.0.0 – 7.17.29; 8.0.0 – 8.18.7; 8.19.0 – 8.19.4; 9.0.0 – 9.0.7; 9.1.0 – 9.1.4 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 7.0.0 to before 8.18.8; 8.19.0 to before 8.19.5; 9.0.0 to before 9.0.8; 9.1.0 to before 9.1.5 | Vulnerable | Elastic |
- cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0.0 to before 8.18.8; 8.19.0 to before 8.19.5; 9.0.0 to before 9.0.8; 9.1.0 to before 9.1.5 Vulnerable ·Elastic
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3 | Affected | No fix yet |
Not affected: 3 products
- Logging Subsystem for Red Hat OpenShift
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8
- Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-25018
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-23vx-2j4v-jvhm
References
More Elastic Kibana vulnerabilities
- 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
Sources
- CVE-2025-25018 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-25018 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-23vx-2j4v-jvhm · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2025-25018 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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