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GHSA-M728-QVXH-XFJQ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-13 01:36 – Updated: 2022-11-04 18:39

Summary

Improper Privilege Management in X-Pack

Details

The Reporting feature in X-Pack in versions prior to 5.5.2 and standalone Reporting plugin versions versions prior to 2.4.6 had an impersonation vulnerability. A user with the reporting_user role could execute a report with the permissions of another reporting user, possibly gaining access to sensitive data.

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

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        "name": "org.elasticsearch.plugin:x-pack"
      },
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              "fixed": "5.5.2"
            }
          ],
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        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2017-8446"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-269"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2022-11-04T18:39:46Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2017-08-18T20:29:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
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  "modified": "2022-11-04T18:39:46Z",
  "published": "2022-05-13T01:36:10Z",
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    },
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  ],
  "summary": "Improper Privilege Management in X-Pack "
}

CVE-2017-8446 (GCVE-0-2017-8446)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-08-18 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 16:34

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

CWE-522 - Insufficiently Protected Credentials

Assigner

elastic mitre root Scorecard

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://www.elastic.co/community/security	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Elastic	Elastic X-Pack Reporting	Affected: Before 5.5.2 and 2.4.6

Date Public

2017-08-18 00:00

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