4.3 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
5.5 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
72.3%
Elasticsearch is prone to a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:elastic:elasticsearch";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.808092");
script_version("2024-02-15T05:05:40+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2014-6439");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.3");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-15 05:05:40 +0000 (Thu, 15 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2016-06-23 12:32:03 +0530 (Thu, 23 Jun 2016)");
script_name("Elasticsearch Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability - Windows");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Elasticsearch is prone to a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The Flaw is due to an error in the
CORS functionality.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow remote
attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Elasticsearch version 1.3.x and prior
on Windows.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to Elasticsearch version 1.4.0.Beta1,
or later.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.elastic.co/community/security/");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70233");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/533602/100/0/threaded");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AG");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family("Web application abuses");
script_dependencies("gb_elastic_elasticsearch_detect_http.nasl", "os_detection.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("elastic/elasticsearch/detected", "Host/runs_windows");
exit(0);
}
include("version_func.inc");
include("host_details.inc");
if(!esPort = get_app_port(cpe:CPE)){
exit(0);
}
if(!esVer = get_app_version(cpe:CPE, port:esPort)){
exit(0);
}
esVer1 = eregmatch(pattern:"([0-9.]+)", string:esVer);
esVer = esVer1[1];
##version info taken from https://www.elastic.co/downloads/past-releases
if(version_is_less(version:esVer, test_version:"1.4.0"))
{
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:esVer, fixed_version:"1.4.0.Beta1");
security_message(data:report, port:esPort);
exit(0);
}