CVE-2019-7609: Kibana Timelion - Arbitrary Code Execution

2025-08-01 Kibana Timelion PoC Public

Description

Kibana versions before 5.6.15 and 6.6.1 contain an arbitrary code execution flaw in the Timelion visualizer. An attacker with access to the Timelion application 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.

PoC

id: CVE-2019-7609

info:
  name: Kibana Timelion - Arbitrary Code Execution
  author: dwisiswant0
  severity: critical
  description: Kibana versions before 5.6.15 and 6.6.1 contain an arbitrary code execution flaw in the Timelion visualizer. An attacker with access to the Timelion application 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.
  impact: |
    Arbitrary code execution can result in unauthorized access, data leakage, and system compromise.
  remediation: |
    Apply the latest security patches or upgrade to a patched version of Kibana to mitigate the vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://github.com/mpgn/CVE-2019-7609
    - https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-6-1-and-5-6-15-security-update/169077
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-7609
    - https://www.elastic.co/community/security
    - https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:2824
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
    cvss-score: 10
    cve-id: CVE-2019-7609
    cwe-id: CWE-94
    epss-score: 0.95338
    epss-percentile: 0.99863
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:elastic:kibana:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: elastic
    product: kibana
    shodan-query: http.title:"kibana"
    fofa-query: title="kibana"
    google-query: intitle:"kibana"
  tags: cve,cve2019,kibana,rce,kev,elastic,vkev,vuln

http:
  - method: POST
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/api/timelion/run"

    body: '{"sheet":[".es(*)"],"time":{"from":"now-1m","to":"now","mode":"quick","interval":"auto","timezone":"Asia/Shanghai"}}'

    headers:
      Content-Type: "application/json; charset=utf-8"

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "seriesList"

      - type: word
        part: header
        words:
          - "application/json"

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
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Source: https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2019/CVE-2019-7609.yaml

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