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Status published
High
CVE-2025-68385
Kibana Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Vulnerability Description
Improper neutralization of input during web page generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (CWE-79) allows an authenticated user to embed a malicious script in content that will be served to web browsers causing cross-site scripting (XSS) (CAPEC-63) via a method in Vega bypassing a previous Vega XSS mitigation.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
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Affected Vendor
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Kibana
Vulnerable Versions:
7.0.0, 8.0.0, 9.0.0, 9.2.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
December 18th, 2025
Last Modified:
December 19th, 2025
Added to House:
July 22nd, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N