CVE-2025-25018 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation in Kibana can lead to stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Elastic	Kibana

No data.

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References

Link	Providers
https://https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-18-8-8-19-5-9-0-8-9-1-5-security-update-esa-2025-17/382451
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-25018
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-25018

History

Mon, 20 Oct 2025 16:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Elastic Elastic kibana
Vendors & Products		Elastic Elastic kibana

Mon, 13 Oct 2025 12:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-25018 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-25018
Metrics	threat_severity `None`	threat_severity `Important`

Fri, 10 Oct 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Fri, 10 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation in Kibana can lead to stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Title		Kibana Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Weaknesses		CWE-79
References		https://https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-18-8-8-19-5-9-0-8-9-1-5-security-update-esa-2025-17/382451
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: elastic

Published: 2025-10-10T09:50:35.448Z

Updated: 2025-10-14T03:55:14.473Z

Reserved: 2025-01-31T15:28:16.918Z

Link: CVE-2025-25018

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-10-10T16:47:36.666Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-10-10T10:15:33.743

Modified: 2025-10-14T19:37:28.107

Link: CVE-2025-25018

Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2025-10-10T09:50:35Z

Links: CVE-2025-25018 - Bugzilla

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