Kibana 7.17.x < 7.17.19 / 8.0.x < 8.13.0 File Upload (ESA-2024-47)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 235660

Synopsis

The remote host is missing a security update.

Description

Unrestricted file upload in Kibana allows an authenticated attacker to compromise software integrity by uploading a crafted malicious file due to insufficient server-side validation.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Kibana version 7.17.19, 8.13.0 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?39aa694e

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 235660

File Name: kibana_ESA-2024-47.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 5/9/2025

Updated: 5/9/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-25016

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:elasticsearch:kibana

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Kibana

Patch Publication Date: 5/1/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/1/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-25016

IAVB: 2025-B-0072