CVE-2018-17245
CRITICALDescription
Kibana versions 4.0 to 4.6, 5.0 to 5.6.12, and 6.0 to 6.4.2 contain an error in the way authorization credentials are used when generating PDF reports. If a report requests external resources plaintext credentials are included in the HTTP request that could be recovered by an external resource provider.
How to fix
No published remediation has been found for this vulnerability's affected products yet.
Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.
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CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploit Intelligence
Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 67% of all known CVEs.
References
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| CVE-2025-60188 | High | 7.5 | 2.9% | - | - |
| CVE-2017-16026 | Medium | 5.9 | 2.6% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2017-2582 | Medium | 6.5 | 2.5% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2022-27779 | Medium | 5.3 | 2.4% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2020-26085 | Critical | 9.9 | 2.2% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2024-32825 | High | 7.5 | 2.0% | - | - |
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