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CVSS v3.1
8.1
EPSS
88.56%
Published
Jul 28, 2014
Modified
Apr 22, 2026
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Added: 2022-03-25 · Due: 2022-04-15
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Public PoC / Exploit (8)
All weaponized →Links to public security research (Exploit-DB, Nuclei, Trickest, GitHub) for defensive use only.
Description
The default configuration in Elasticsearch before 1.2 enables dynamic scripting, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary MVEL expressions and Java code via the source parameter to _search. NOTE: this only violates the vendor's intended security policy if the user does not run Elasticsearch in its own independent virtual machine.
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:NWeaknesses (CWE)
Affected Products (1)
References (17)