CVE-2017-8446
Improper Privilege Management in X-Pack
5.3
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.14%
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.
How to fix CVE-2017-8446
To remediate CVE-2017-8446, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 5.5.2 or later
Is CVE-2017-8446 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 5.5.2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |