CVE-2016-1000220

Kibana before 4.5.4 and 4.1.11 are vulnerable to an XSS attack that would allow an attacker to...

6.1 Medium

Kibana before 4.5.4 and 4.1.11 are vulnerable to an XSS attack that would allow an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript in users' browsers.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: Low
Integrity: Low
Availability: None

Exploit likelihood

1.15%Up 0.3 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 6.1

Kibana before 4.5.4 and 4.1.11 are vulnerable to an XSS attack that would allow an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript in users' browsers.

Record: CVE-2016-1000220
CVSS 3.0: 6.1 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS 2.0: 4.3 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness: CWE-79
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Kibana before 4.5.4 and 4.1.11 are vulnerable to an XSS attack that would allow an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript in users' browsers.

Record: CVE-2016-1000220
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2016-1164 No score

Kibana before 4.5.4 and 4.1.11 are vulnerable to an XSS attack that would allow an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript in users' browsers.

Record: EUVD-2016-1164
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-v2wv-8cq6-22qw 6.1

Kibana before 4.5.4 and 4.1.11 are vulnerable to an XSS attack that would allow an attacker to...

Kibana before 4.5.4 and 4.1.11 are vulnerable to an XSS attack that would allow an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript in users' browsers.

Record: GHSA-v2wv-8cq6-22qw
CVSS 3.0: 6.1 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-79
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSV 6.1

Kibana before 4.5.4 and 4.1.11 are vulnerable to an XSS attack that would allow an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript in users' browsers.

Record: CVE-2016-1000220
CVSS 3.0: 6.1 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVRHSA-2016:1836 5.4

Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise Kibana security update

Record: RHSA-2016:1836
CVSS 3.0: 5.4 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

elastic kibana

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`kibana` Red Hat:openshift:3.1::el7 From an advisory covering 2 CVEs	before 0:4.1.11-1.el7	0:4.1.11-1.el7
`kibana-debuginfo` Red Hat:openshift:3.1::el7 From an advisory covering 2 CVEs	before 0:4.1.11-1.el7	0:4.1.11-1.el7
`openshift-elasticsearch-plugin` Red Hat:openshift:3.1::el7 From an advisory covering 2 CVEs	before 0:0.16.0.redhat_1-1.el7	0:0.16.0.redhat_1-1.el7
`kibana` Red Hat:openshift:3.2::el7 From an advisory covering 2 CVEs	before 0:4.1.11-1.el7	0:4.1.11-1.el7
`kibana-debuginfo` Red Hat:openshift:3.2::el7 From an advisory covering 2 CVEs	before 0:4.1.11-1.el7	0:4.1.11-1.el7
`openshift-elasticsearch-plugin` Red Hat:openshift:3.2::el7 From an advisory covering 2 CVEs	before 0:0.16.0.redhat_1-1.el7	0:0.16.0.redhat_1-1.el7

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 6, 2026	affected, facts
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2016-1000220 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Elastic Kibana, published June 16, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.15%, the 67th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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