Detect Kibana
Kibana is an open-source data visualisation dashboard for Elasticsearch. It provides visualisation capabilities on top of the content indexed on an Elasticsearch cluster. Users can create bar, line and scatter plots, or pie charts and maps on top of large volumes of data.
Detection looks at response headers, html markup, url patterns across 4 fingerprint rules among the site's public responses.
Websites using Kibana
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Signal classes
PluginView evaluates public page signals in these classes when identifying Kibana. Individual fingerprint rule bodies are proprietary and are not published.
- Response headers
- HTML markup
- URL patterns
Example public indicators for Kibana
Illustrative indicators derived from public catalog metadata for Kibana. A live scan may match additional proprietary rules beyond these examples.
- kbn-name: kibana
- kbn-version:
- <title>Kibana</title>
- kibana#/dashboard/
What a detection means
- Establishes
- One or more public signals on the scanned page matched a known Kibana signature (4 rules) at the time of the scan.
- Does not establish
- A sitewide install of Kibana, an active vendor contract, exclusive use, or that Kibana is still in place today.
How to check a site for Kibana
- 1. Enter the website URL in the scan form — homepage, pricing, checkout, or login pages usually expose the strongest Kibana signals.
- 2. PluginView reads only public responses (response headers, html markup, url patterns) and scores them against the Kibana signature set (4 rules).
- 3. Review the confidence score and text explanation for Kibana on the results page.
Commonly implies
A confirmed Kibana match also implies these technologies are present.
FAQ: detecting Kibana
- Can PluginView detect Kibana without logging in?
- Yes. PluginView only reads publicly accessible responses when checking for Kibana — typically response headers, html markup, url patterns. It does not bypass authentication or paywalls.
- What category is Kibana?
- Kibana is classified under Search engines, JavaScript graphics in the PluginView directory.
- How many fingerprint rules cover Kibana?
- This reference currently tracks 4 fingerprint rules across response headers, html markup, url patterns. Individual rule bodies are proprietary and are not published.
- What public signals suggest a site uses Kibana?
- Illustrative public indicators for Kibana include kbn-name: kibana; kbn-version:; <title>Kibana</title>. A live scan may match additional proprietary rules beyond these examples.
