Vulnerabilities

Security incident · CVE-2024-11390

Unrestricted upload of a file with dangerous type in Kibana can lead to arbitrary JavaScript execution in a victim’s browser (XSS) via crafted HTML and JavaScript files.

Published May 1, 2025 · catalog updated May 1, 2025 · Elastic Kibana

Check this week

CVE-2024-11390 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 35.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run Elastic Kibana.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Medium5.4
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
35.00%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor Elastic Kibana 7.17.6 <7.17.23

Unrestricted upload of a file with dangerous type in Kibana can lead to arbitrary JavaScript execution in a victim’s browser (XSS) via crafted HTML and JavaScript files. The attacker must have access to the Synthetics app AND/OR have access to write to the synthetics indices.

Are you affected?

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  • vendor Elastic Kibana 7.17.6 <7.17.237.17.6 <7.17.23

How to fix CVE-2024-11390

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2024-11390 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 35.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run Elastic Kibana.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with Elastic Kibana 7.17.6 <7.17.23 7.17.6 <7.17.23. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 35.00%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. May 1, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    Unrestricted upload of a file with dangerous type in Kibana can lead to arbitrary JavaScript execution in a victim’s browser (XSS) via crafted HTML and JavaScript files. The attacker must have access to the Synthetics app AND/OR have access to write to the synthetics indices.

  2. May 1, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    Unrestricted upload of a file with dangerous type in Kibana can lead to arbitrary JavaScript execution in a victim’s browser (XSS) via crafted HTML and JavaScript files. The attacker must have access to the Synthetics app AND/OR have access to write to the synthetics indices.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2024-11390

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-13051

    Unrestricted upload of a file with dangerous type in Kibana can lead to arbitrary JavaScript execution in a victim’s browser (XSS) via crafted HTML and JavaScript files. The attacker must have access to the Synthetics app AND/OR have access to write to the synthetics indices.

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.