CVEvulnerability

CVE-2017-8446

5.3 MEDIUM Published 2017-08-18 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2017-08-18
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
5.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-269, CWE-522

Description

The Reporting feature in X-Pack in versions prior to 5.5.2 and standalone Reporting plugin versions versions prior to 2.4.6 had an impersonation vulnerability. A user with the reporting_user role could execute a report with the permissions of another reporting user, possibly gaining access to sensitive data.

Affected configurations

• elasticsearch x-pack (<= 5.5.1) • elasticsearch x-pack reporting (<= 2.4.5)

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management weakness
  • CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials weakness

References