CVEs-PoC/2017/CVE-2017-8446.md

### [CVE-2017-8446](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8446)
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### Description

The Reporting feature in X-Pack in versions prior to 5.5.2 and standalone Reporting plugin versions versions prior to 2.4.6 had an impersonation vulnerability. A user with the reporting_user role could execute a report with the permissions of another reporting user, possibly gaining access to sensitive data.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://www.elastic.co/community/security

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.