# Kibana 7.17.24 and 8.12.0 Security Update (ESA-2024-20)

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-7-17-24-and-8-12-0-security-update-esa-2024-20/377712>\
**Category:** Security Announcements\
**Created:** [May 1, 2025, 11:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-7-17-24-and-8-12-0-security-update-esa-2024-20/377712 "2025-05-01T11:34:46Z")\
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**Kibana Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type Can Lead to XSS (ESA-2024-20)**

Unrestricted upload of a file with dangerous type in Kibana can lead to arbitrary JavaScript execution in a victim’s browser (XSS) via crafted HTML and JavaScript files.

The attacker must have access to the Synthetics app AND/OR have access to write to the synthetics indices.

**Affected Versions:**  
7.17.6 up to and including 7.17.23 and 8.4.0 up to and including 8.11.4

**Solutions and Mitigations:**  
The issue is resolved in Kibana 7.17.24 and 8.12.0

**Severity:** CVSSv3: 5.4 (Medium) - [CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N](https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3-0#)  
**CVE ID:** CVE-2024-11390

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