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Security advisory
Kibana versions prior to 5.6.1 had a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Timelion that could allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information from or perform destructive actions on behalf of other Kibana users.
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- CVEs
- CVE-2017-11479
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 05:29 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Kibana versions prior to 5.6.1 had a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Timelion that could allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information from or perform destructive actions on behalf of other Kibana users.
osv:CVE-2017-11479
Complete source record
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