CVE-2025-68385 — Cross-site Scripting in Kibana

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting5 documents5 sources
Severity
6.1MEDIUMNVD
CNA7.2
EPSS
0.0%
top 87.67%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Elastic Kibana
Timeline
PublishedDec 18
Latest updateDec 19

Description

Improper neutralization of input during web page generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (CWE-79) allows an authenticated user to embed a malicious script in content that will be served to web browsers causing cross-site scripting (XSS) (CAPEC-63) via a method in Vega bypassing a previous Vega XSS mitigation.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 2.7

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDelastic/kibana8.0.0 — 8.19.9+3
▶CVEListV5elastic/kibana7.0.0 — 7.17.29+3

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-x89f-99hf-gmr7: Improper neutralization of input during web page generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (CWE-79) allows an authenticated user to embed a malicious script↗2025-12-19
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CVEList
Kibana Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')↗2025-12-18
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Red Hat
Kibana: Kibana: Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability allows authenticated users to embed malicious scripts↗2025-12-18
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Wiz
CVE-2025-68385 Impact, Exploitability, and Mitigation Steps | Wiz↗
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CVE-2025-68385 — Cross-site Scripting in Elastic Kibana | cvebase