CVE-2016-1000219

Q: How do I fix CVE-2016-1000219?

Upgrade kibana to 4.5.4 or later.

Q: Is CVE-2016-1000219 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2016-1000219 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 2.0% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 79% of all scored CVEs.

Q: How severe is CVE-2016-1000219?

CVE-2016-1000219 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

Q: What does CVE-2016-1000219 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for kibana (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

HIGHEPSS 79th pctl

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Kibana before 4.5.4 and 4.1.11 when a custom output is configured for logging in, cookies and authorization headers could be written to the log files. This information could be used to hijack sessions of other users when using Kibana behind some form of authentication such as Shield.

CWE-285

How to fix

Remediation Available

kibanaNVD

Affected:>= 4.5.0, < 4.5.4Fixed in:4.5.4CVE-2016-1000219derived from NVD

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityNone

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

Exploit Intelligence

2.04%probability of exploitation in 30 days

79thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 79% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

elastic.co

Third-Party Advisory1

securityfocus.com

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Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2016-1000219?

Upgrade kibana to 4.5.4 or later.

Is CVE-2016-1000219 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2016-1000219 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 2.0% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 79% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2016-1000219?

CVE-2016-1000219 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2016-1000219 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for kibana (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-13.