CVE-2018-3824
mediumpriority · track · 24EPSS 0.009 · 59 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
X-Pack Machine Learning versions before 6.2.4 and 5.6.9 had a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. If an attacker is able to inject data into an index that has a ML job running against it, then when another user views the results of the ML job it could allow the attacker to obtain sensitive information from or perform destructive actions on behalf of that other ML user.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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affected products (9)
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- elastic elasticsearch x-pack6.0.0 → 6.2.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch_x-pack:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
advisories (1)
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- GHSA-mjpc-qx7h-r8c9Elasticsearch subject to cross site scripting2022-05-13ghsa · osvUS
X-Pack Machine Learning versions before 6.2.4 and 5.6.9 had a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. If an attacker is able to inject data into an index that has a ML job running against it, then when another user views the results of the ML job it could allow the attacker to obtain sensitive information from or perform destructive actions on behalf of that other ML user.
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references (6)
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- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-2-4-and-5-6-9-security-update/128422cnnvd
- https://www.elastic.co/community/securitycnnvd
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-2-4-and-5-6-9-security-update/128422enisa_euvd
- https://www.elastic.co/community/securityenisa_euvd
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-2-4-and-5-6-9-security-update/128422Vendor Advisorynvd
- https://www.elastic.co/community/securityVendor Advisorynvd
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