CVE-2018-3822 describes a critical user impersonation vulnerability affecting Elastic X-Pack Security versions 6.2.0, 6.2.1, and 6.2.2. This flaw, stemming from incorrect XML canonicalization and DOM traversal, could allow an attacker to impersonate a legitimate user under specific conditions. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring no privileges or user interaction, and leading to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:elastic:x-pack:6.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:elastic:x-pack:6.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:elastic:x-pack:6.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.