BaseFortify

Publication date: 2025-12-18

Last updated on: 2025-12-23

Assigner: Elastic

Description

Improper neutralization of input during web page generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (CWE-79) allows an unauthenticated user to embed a malicious script in content that will be served to web browsers causing cross-site scripting (XSS) (CAPEC-63) via a vulnerability a function handler in the Vega AST evaluator.

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Published

2025-12-18

Last Modified

2025-12-23

Generated

2026-07-06

AI Q&A

2025-12-19

EPSS Evaluated

2026-07-05

NVD

CVE-2025-68387

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendor	Product	Version / Range
elastic	kibana	From 7.0.0 (inc) to 7.17.29 (inc)
elastic	kibana	From 8.0.0 (inc) to 8.19.9 (exc)
elastic	kibana	From 9.0.0 (inc) to 9.1.9 (exc)
elastic	kibana	From 9.2.0 (inc) to 9.2.3 (exc)

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Exploitability

CWE

KEV

CWE ID	Description
CWE-79	The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.

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Executive Summary

This vulnerability is a Cross-site Scripting (XSS) issue caused by improper neutralization of input during web page generation. It allows an unauthenticated user to embed malicious scripts into content served to web browsers via a vulnerable function handler in the Vega AST evaluator.

Impact Analysis

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute malicious scripts in the context of a user's browser, potentially leading to theft of sensitive information, session hijacking, or other malicious actions affecting the integrity and confidentiality of user data.

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