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title: "CVE-2018-17246: External Control of File Name or Path | CubePath"
description: "Kibana versions before 6.4.3 and 5.6.13 contain an arbitrary file inclusion flaw in the Console plugin. An attacker with access to the Kibana Console API…"
language: en
source: https://cubepath.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-17246
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# CVE-2018-17246: External Control of File Name or Path | CubePath

## Description

Kibana versions before 6.4.3 and 5.6.13 contain an arbitrary file inclusion flaw in the Console plugin. An attacker with access to the Kibana Console API could send a request that will attempt to execute javascript code. This could possibly lead to an attacker executing arbitrary commands with permissions of the Kibana process on the host system.

Official description from the CVE record, published by elastic. Copyright © 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. See [/security/cve/legal](https://cubepath.com/security/cve/legal) for the CVE license. [View the record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-17246)

## Key data

### EPSS

Exploit Prediction Scoring System by FIRST: an estimate of the probability that exploitation activity will be observed in the next 30 days.

Score

0.84294 (84.3% probability)

Percentile

99.7%

Scores of

Nov 10, 2026

Model

v2026.06.15

### Weakness (CWE)

CWE catalog version 5.0.

CWE names: Copyright © 2006-2026, The MITRE Corporation. See [/security/cve/legal](https://cubepath.com/security/cve/legal) for the CWE license.

- [CWE-73](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/73.html) External Control of File Name or Path

## Affected products

Products listed in the CVE record, as the CNA published them.

- Elastic Kibana

  - affected: before 6.4.3 and 5.6.13

## References

Links listed in the CVE record. They lead to other sites, which CubePath does not control.

- [106285](http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106285)  (securityfocus.com) vdb-entry
- [discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-4-3-and-5-6-13-securit…](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-4-3-and-5-6-13-security-update/155594)
- [RHBA-2018:3743](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2018:3743)  (access.redhat.com) vendor-advisory
- [elastic.co/community/security](https://www.elastic.co/community/security)

## Timeline

1. ID reserved Sep 20, 2018
2. Record published Dec 20, 2018
3. Record last updated Aug 5, 2024

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