CVE-2021-37936

kibana: HTML injection issue (ESA-2021-23)

Published Nov 18, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 5.4 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
It was discovered that Kibana was not sanitizing document fields containing HTML snippets. Using this vulnerability, an attacker with the ability to write documents to an elasticsearch index could inject HTML. When the Discover app highlighted a search term containing the HTML, it would be rendered for the user.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-24412 It was discovered that Kibana was not sanitizing document fields containing HTML snippets. Using this vulnerability, an attacker with the ability to write documents to an elasticsearch index could inject HTML. When the Discover app highlighted a search term containing the HTML, it would be rendered for the user.
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
elastic
Published
Updated
Apr 29, 2025, 2:41 PM
Reserved
Aug 3, 2021, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Nov 18, 2022, 11:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 4:01 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Nov 19, 2022, 12:00 AM