Vulnerabilities > CVE-2019-7608 - Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in Elastic Kibana

047910
CVSS 4.3 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
MEDIUM
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
NONE
network
elastic
CWE-79
nessus

Summary

Kibana versions before 5.6.15 and 6.6.1 had a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability that could allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information from or perform destructive actions on behalf of other Kibana users.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Elastic
1

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Cross Site Scripting through Log Files
    An attacker may leverage a system weakness where logs are susceptible to log injection to insert scripts into the system's logs. If these logs are later viewed by an administrator through a thin administrative interface and the log data is not properly HTML encoded before being written to the page, the attackers' scripts stored in the log will be executed in the administrative interface with potentially serious consequences. This attack pattern is really a combination of two other attack patterns: log injection and stored cross site scripting.
  • Embedding Scripts in Non-Script Elements
    This attack is a form of Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) where malicious scripts are embedded in elements that are not expected to host scripts such as image tags (<img>), comments in XML documents (< !-CDATA->), etc. These tags may not be subject to the same input validation, output validation, and other content filtering and checking routines, so this can create an opportunity for an attacker to tunnel through the application's elements and launch a XSS attack through other elements. As with all remote attacks, it is important to differentiate the ability to launch an attack (such as probing an internal network for unpatched servers) and the ability of the remote attacker to collect and interpret the output of said attack.
  • Embedding Scripts within Scripts
    An attack of this type exploits a programs' vulnerabilities that are brought on by allowing remote hosts to execute scripts. The attacker leverages this capability to execute scripts to execute his/her own script by embedding it within other scripts that the target software is likely to execute. The attacker must have the ability to inject script into script that is likely to be executed. If this is done, then the attacker can potentially launch a variety of probes and attacks against the web server's local environment, in many cases the so-called DMZ, back end resources the web server can communicate with, and other hosts. With the proliferation of intermediaries, such as Web App Firewalls, network devices, and even printers having JVMs and Web servers, there are many locales where an attacker can inject malicious scripts. Since this attack pattern defines scripts within scripts, there are likely privileges to execute said attack on the host. Of course, these attacks are not solely limited to the server side, client side scripts like Ajax and client side JavaScript can contain malicious scripts as well. In general all that is required is for there to be sufficient privileges to execute a script, but not protected against writing.
  • Cross-Site Scripting in Error Pages
    An attacker distributes a link (or possibly some other query structure) with a request to a third party web server that is malformed and also contains a block of exploit code in order to have the exploit become live code in the resulting error page. When the third party web server receives the crafted request and notes the error it then creates an error message that echoes the malformed message, including the exploit. Doing this converts the exploit portion of the message into to valid language elements that are executed by the viewing browser. When a victim executes the query provided by the attacker the infected error message error message is returned including the exploit code which then runs in the victim's browser. XSS can result in execution of code as well as data leakage (e.g. session cookies can be sent to the attacker). This type of attack is especially dangerous since the exploit appears to come from the third party web server, who the victim may trust and hence be more vulnerable to deception.
  • Cross-Site Scripting Using Alternate Syntax
    The attacker uses alternate forms of keywords or commands that result in the same action as the primary form but which may not be caught by filters. For example, many keywords are processed in a case insensitive manner. If the site's web filtering algorithm does not convert all tags into a consistent case before the comparison with forbidden keywords it is possible to bypass filters (e.g., incomplete black lists) by using an alternate case structure. For example, the "script" tag using the alternate forms of "Script" or "ScRiPt" may bypass filters where "script" is the only form tested. Other variants using different syntax representations are also possible as well as using pollution meta-characters or entities that are eventually ignored by the rendering engine. The attack can result in the execution of otherwise prohibited functionality.

Nessus

  • NASL familyRed Hat Local Security Checks
    NASL idREDHAT-RHSA-2019-2860.NASL
    descriptionAn update for kibana is now available for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.1. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section. Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform is Red Hat
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id129396
    published2019-09-27
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/129396
    titleRHEL 7 : OpenShift Container Platform 4.1.18 (RHSA-2019:2860)
    code
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
    # extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2019:2860. The text 
    # itself is copyright (C) Red Hat, Inc.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(129396);
      script_version("1.5");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/12/23");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2019-7608", "CVE-2019-7609", "CVE-2019-7610");
      script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2019:2860");
    
      script_name(english:"RHEL 7 : OpenShift Container Platform 4.1.18 (RHSA-2019:2860)");
      script_summary(english:"Checks the rpm output for the updated packages");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:"The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "An update for kibana is now available for Red Hat OpenShift Container
    Platform 4.1.
    
    Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security
    impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base
    score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each
    vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
    
    Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform is Red Hat's cloud computing
    Kubernetes application platform solution designed for on-premise or
    private cloud deployments.
    
    This advisory contains updates to kibana in Red Hat OpenShift
    Container Platform 4.1.18.
    
    Security Fix(es) :
    
    * kibana: Cross-site scripting vulnerability permits perform
    destructive actions on behalf of other Kibana users (CVE-2019-7608)
    
    * kibana: Arbitrary code execution flaw in the Timelion visualizer
    (CVE-2019-7609)
    
    * kibana: Audit logging Remote Code Execution issue (CVE-2019-7610)
    
    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a
    CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to
    the CVE page(s) listed in the References section."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2860"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2019-7608"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2019-7609"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2019-7610"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"solution", 
        value:"Update the affected kibana and / or kibana-debuginfo packages."
      );
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
      script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
      script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H");
      script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kibana");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kibana-debuginfo");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2019/03/25");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/09/27");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/09/27");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
      script_family(english:"Red Hat Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("global_settings.inc");
    include("misc_func.inc");
    include("rpm.inc");
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
    release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
    if (isnull(release) || "Red Hat" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Red Hat");
    os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Red Hat Enterprise Linux.*release ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)", string:release);
    if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Red Hat");
    os_ver = os_ver[1];
    if (! preg(pattern:"^7([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Red Hat 7.x", "Red Hat " + os_ver);
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
    if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
    if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && "s390" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Red Hat", cpu);
    if ("x86_64" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_ARCH_NOT, "x86_64", cpu);
    
    yum_updateinfo = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/yum-updateinfo");
    if (!empty_or_null(yum_updateinfo)) 
    {
      rhsa = "RHSA-2019:2860";
      yum_report = redhat_generate_yum_updateinfo_report(rhsa:rhsa);
      if (!empty_or_null(yum_report))
      {
        security_report_v4(
          port       : 0,
          severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
          extra      : yum_report 
        );
        exit(0);
      }
      else
      {
        audit_message = "affected by Red Hat security advisory " + rhsa;
        audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, audit_message);
      }
    }
    else
    {
      flag = 0;
    
      if (! (rpm_exists(release:"RHEL7", rpm:"atomic-openshift-"))) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "OpenShift");
    
      if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kibana-5.6.16-2.el7")) flag++;
      if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kibana-debuginfo-5.6.16-2.el7")) flag++;
    
      if (flag)
      {
        security_report_v4(
          port       : 0,
          severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
          extra      : rpm_report_get() + redhat_report_package_caveat()
        );
        exit(0);
      }
      else
      {
        tested = pkg_tests_get();
        if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
        else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "kibana / kibana-debuginfo");
      }
    }
    
  • NASL familyCGI abuses
    NASL idKIBANA_ESA_2019_01_03.NASL
    descriptionKibana versions before 5.6.15 and 6.6.1 have the following vulnerabilities: - A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability that could allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information from or perform destructive actions on behalf of other Kibana users. (CVE-2019-7608) - An arbitrary code execution flaw in the Timelion visualizer. An attacker with access to the Timelion application could send a request that will attempt to execute javascript code. This could possibly lead to an attacker executing arbitrary commands with permissions of the Kibana process on the host system. (CVE-2019-7609) - An arbitrary code execution flaw in the security audit logger. If a Kibana instance has the setting xpack.security.audit.enabled set to true, an attacker could send a request that will attempt to execute javascript code. This could possibly lead to an attacker executing arbitrary commands with permissions of the Kibana process on the host system. (CVE-2019-7610)
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id122589
    published2019-03-04
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/122589
    titleKibana ESA-2019-01, ESA-2019-02, ESA-2019-03
    code
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(122589);
      script_version("1.2");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/10/31 15:18:51");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2019-7608", "CVE-2019-7609", "CVE-2019-7610");
      script_bugtraq_id(107148);
    
      script_name(english:"Kibana ESA-2019-01, ESA-2019-02, ESA-2019-03");
      script_summary(english:"Checks the version of Kibana.");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
    "The remote web server hosts a Java application that is vulnerable.");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
    "Kibana versions before 5.6.15 and 6.6.1 have the following
    vulnerabilities:
    
      - A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability that could
        allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information from
        or perform destructive actions on behalf of other
        Kibana users. (CVE-2019-7608)
    
      - An arbitrary code execution flaw in the Timelion
        visualizer. An attacker with access to the Timelion
        application could send a request that will attempt to
        execute javascript code. This could possibly lead to an
        attacker executing arbitrary commands with permissions
        of the Kibana process on the host system. (CVE-2019-7609)
    
      - An arbitrary code execution flaw in the security audit
        logger. If a Kibana instance has the setting
        xpack.security.audit.enabled set to true, an attacker
        could send a request that will attempt to execute
        javascript code. This could possibly lead to an attacker
        executing arbitrary commands with permissions of the
        Kibana process on the host system. (CVE-2019-7610)");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.elastic.co/community/security");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
    "Users should upgrade to Kibana version 5.6.15 or 6.6.1");
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
      script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
      script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H");
      script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2019-7609");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2019/02/19");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/02/19");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/03/04");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:elasticsearch:kibana");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_family(english:"CGI abuses");
    
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
    
      script_dependencies("kibana_web_detect.nbin");
      script_require_keys("installed_sw/Kibana");
      script_require_ports("Services/www", 5601);
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("http.inc");
    include("vcf.inc");
    
    app = "Kibana";
    
    get_install_count(app_name:app, exit_if_zero:TRUE);
    
    port = get_http_port(default:5601);
    
    app_info = vcf::get_app_info(app:app, port:port, webapp:TRUE);
    
    constraints = [
      { "min_version" : "5.0.0", "fixed_version" : "5.6.15" },
      { "min_version" : "6.0.0", "fixed_version" : "6.6.1" }
    ];
    
    flags = { 'xss':TRUE };
    
    vcf::check_version_and_report(app_info:app_info, constraints:constraints, severity:SECURITY_HOLE, flags:flags);
    

Redhat

advisories
  • rhsa
    idRHBA-2019:2824
  • rhsa
    idRHSA-2019:2860
rpms
  • kibana-0:5.6.16-2.el7
  • kibana-debuginfo-0:5.6.16-2.el7