CVE-2020-7011

Q: How do I fix CVE-2020-7011?

Upgrade elastic app search to 7.7.0 or later.

Q: Is CVE-2020-7011 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2020-7011 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.98% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 59% of all scored CVEs.

Q: How severe is CVE-2020-7011?

CVE-2020-7011 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.1, rated medium. 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-2020-7011 affect?

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

MEDIUM

6.1

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Elastic App Search versions before 7.7.0 contain a cross site scripting (XSS) flaw when displaying document URLs in the Reference UI. If the Reference UI injects a URL into a result, that URL will be rendered by the web browser. If an attacker is able to control the contents of such a field, they could execute arbitrary JavaScript in the victimï¿½s web browser.

CWE-84 CWE-79Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

How to fix

Remediation Available

elastic app searchNVD

Affected:< 7.7.0Fixed in:7.7.0CVE-2020-7011derived 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 InteractionRequired

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

0.98%probability of exploitation in 30 days

59thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 59% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

elastic.co

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Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2020-7011?

Upgrade elastic app search to 7.7.0 or later.

Is CVE-2020-7011 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2020-7011 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.98% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 59% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2020-7011?

CVE-2020-7011 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.1, rated medium. 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-2020-7011 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for elastic app search (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 2024-11-21.