# CVE-2025-68385: Kibana Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

> CVE-2025-68385: Kibana Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting'). CVSS 7.2 (CVSS 3.1).

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2025-68385
Last updated: 2026-06-17T09:59:02Z

- Published: 2025-12-18 22:08 UTC · Updated: 2026-06-17 09:59 UTC · Assigner: elastic
- CVSS: 7.2 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: High · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS: 0.25%, 17th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: no
- CWE: CWE-79

## 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.

## Affected vendors and products

- Elastic: Kibana

## Tracked companies

- [Elastic Cloud](https://rewindex.com/company/elastic-cloud.md)

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-68385)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68385)
- [https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-19-9-9-1-9-and-9-2-3-security-update-esa-2025-34/384182](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-19-9-9-1-9-and-9-2-3-security-update-esa-2025-34/384182)

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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2025-68385 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2025-68385.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2025-68385 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T04:04:13.516Z