With X-Pack installed, Kibana versions before 5.3.1 have an open redirect vulnerability on the login page that would enable an attacker to craft a link that redirects to an arbitrary website.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2017-8451 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| CVSS3 Base Score | 6.1 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| Attack Vector | Network |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | None |
| User Interaction | Required |
| Scope | Changed |
| Confidentiality | Low |
| Integrity Impact | Low |
| Availability Impact | None |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform Operational Tools 9 | kibana | Not affected |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 12.0 | puppet-kibana3 | Not affected |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11.0 (Ocata) | puppet-kibana3 | Not affected |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 | puppet-kibana3 | Not affected |
| Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3 | kibana | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6 | hawtio-kibana | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 8.0 Operational Tools for RHEL 7 | kibana | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 Operational Tools for RHEL 7 | kibana | Not affected |
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