# Kibana Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability CVE-2015-4093

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-cross-site-scripting-vulnerability-cve-2015-4093/2258>\
**Category:** Security Announcements\
**Created:** [June 9, 2015, 9:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-cross-site-scripting-vulnerability-cve-2015-4093/2258 "2015-06-09T21:43:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2015, 9:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-cross-site-scripting-vulnerability-cve-2015-4093/2258/1 "2015-06-09T21:43:31Z")

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**Summary:**  
Kibana versions 4.0.0, 4.0.1 and 4.0.2 are vulnerable to a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack. The attack allows execution of arbitrary JavaScript in the context of the user’s browser.

We have been assigned [CVE-2015-4093](http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-4093) for this issue.

**Fixed versions:**  
[Version 4.0.3](https://www.elastic.co/downloads/kibana) has addressed the vulnerability. Read the release blog post [here](https://www.elastic.co/blog/kibana-4-0-3).

**Remediation:**  
Users running with Kibana 4.0.0-4.0.2 should [upgrade to 4.0.3](https://www.elastic.co/downloads/kibana). This will address the vulnerability.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 1:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-cross-site-scripting-vulnerability-cve-2015-4093/2258/2 "2017-07-06T13:46:43Z")

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