CVE-2024-12556: Kibana Prototype Pollution can lead to code injection

8.7 CVSS

Description

Prototype Pollution in Kibana can lead to code injection via unrestricted file upload combined with path traversal.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-12556

CVSS Base Severity: HIGH

CVSS Base Score: 8.7

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Problem Types

CWE-1321

Affected Products

Vendor: Elastic

Product: Kibana

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.04% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 11.03% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-04-21 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12556
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-16-4-and-8-17-2-security-update-esa-2025-02/376918

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