CVE-2018-20698 describes a URL injection vulnerability in the floragunn Search Guard plugin for Kibana, specifically affecting versions prior to 6.x-16. This flaw allows an attacker to manipulate login redirects on the login page when the 'basePath' setting is configured. Rated as Medium severity (CVSS 6.1), it requires user interaction (UI:R) and could lead to partial confidentiality and integrity impacts (C:L/I:L) through a network-based attack (AV:N). There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 6.3.0-16CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:search-guard:search_guard:*:*:*:*:*:kibana:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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