Kibana Stored XSS due to Improper Input Neutralization
CVE-2025-25018 Published on October 10, 2025
Kibana Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation in Kibana can lead to stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2025-25018 is exploitable with network access, requires user interaction and a small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a high impact on confidentiality and integrity, and no impact on availability.
Weakness Type
What is a XSS Vulnerability?
The software does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.
CVE-2025-25018 has been classified to as a XSS vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2025-25018
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Affected Versions
Elastic Kibana:- Version 7.0.0, <= 7.17.29 is affected.
- Version 8.0.0, <= 8.18.7 is affected.
- Version 8.19.0, <= 8.19.4 is affected.
- Version 9.0.0, <= 9.0.7 is affected.
- Version 9.1.0, <= 9.1.4 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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