CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-3824

MEDIUM
6.1
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

X-Pack Machine Learning versions before 6.2.4 and 5.6.9 had a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. If an attacker is able to inject data into an index that has a ML job running against it, then when another user views the results of the ML job it could allow the attacker to obtain sensitive information from or perform destructive actions on behalf of that other ML user.

CWE-79Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

How to fix

Remediation Available
elasticsearch x-packNVD
Affected:>= 6.0.0, < 6.2.4Fixed in:6.2.4CVE-2018-3824derived from NVD
kibana x-packNVD
Affected:>= 6.0.0, < 6.2.4Fixed in:6.2.4CVE-2018-3824derived from NVD
logstash x-packNVD
Affected:>= 6.1.0, < 6.2.4Fixed in:6.2.4CVE-2018-3824derived from NVD

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 InteractionRequired
ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.87%probability of exploitation in 30 days
54thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 54% of all known CVEs.

References

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-79 (Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVESeverityCVSSEPSSExploitedFix
CVE-2020-11022Medium6.999%-Fix
CVE-2019-3929Critical9.899%KEVFix
CVE-2020-9496Medium6.199%--
CVE-2023-28341Medium6.199%-Fix
CVE-2018-12998Medium6.198%--
CVE-2025-4123High7.698%-Fix
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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 2024-11-21.