Is CVE-2020-7018 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2020-7018 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-7018?

CVE-2020-7018 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-7018?

CVE-2020-7018 has an EPSS score of 1.09% (61th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2020-7018?

Upgrade enterprise search to 7.9.0 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-7018

HIGH

8.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Elastic Enterprise Search before 7.9.0 contain a credential exposure flaw in the App Search interface. If a user is given the ï¿½developerï¿½ role, they will be able to view the administrator API credentials. These credentials could allow the developer user to conduct operations with the same permissions of the App Search administrator.

CWE-266 CWE-269Improper Privilege Management

How to fix

Remediation Available

enterprise searchNVD

Affected:< 7.9.0Fixed in:7.9.0CVE-2020-7018derived 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 RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

1.09%probability of exploitation in 30 days

61stpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 61% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

discuss.elastic.co

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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.