CVE-2019-13423 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability affecting Search Guard Kibana Plugin versions before 5.6.8-7 and 6.x.y-12. An authenticated Kibana user could impersonate the kibanaserver user by providing incorrect credentials under specific SSO and HTTP Basic authentication configurations. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and allows for high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The attack vector is over the network, requiring only low privileges. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there known public exploits or Metasploit modules. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 5.6.8-7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:search-guard:search_guard:*:*:*:*:*:kibana:*:* | ||
>= 6.1.0-8, < 6.2.3-12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:search-guard:search_guard:*:*:*:*:*:kibana:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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