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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2018-3820

Kibana versions after 6.1.0 and before 6.1.3 had a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in labs visualizations that could allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information from or perform destructive actions on behalf of other Kibana users.

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CVE-2018-3820
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1 Nov 2026, 06:23 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2018-3820

core-osv · Original source

Published 30 Mar 2018, 20:29 UTC

Kibana versions after 6.1.0 and before 6.1.3 had a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in labs visualizations that could allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information from or perform destructive actions on behalf of other Kibana users.

osv:CVE-2018-3820
Complete source record
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      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:38.667619502Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
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