Medium severity · published Aug 5, 2017
CVE-2017-12572
Persistent Cross Site Scripting (XSS) exists in Splunk Enterprise 6.5.x before 6.5.2, 6.4.x before 6.4.6, and 6.3.x before 6.3.9 and Splunk Light before 6.5.2, with exploitation…
4.8
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Persistent Cross Site Scripting (XSS) exists in Splunk Enterprise 6.5.x before 6.5.2, 6.4.x before 6.4.6, and 6.3.x before 6.3.9 and Splunk Light before 6.5.2, with exploitation requiring administrative access, aka SPL-134104.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 43% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SP
Splunk · Splunk
6.3.0; 6.3.1; 6.3.2; 6.3.3; 6.3.4; 6.3.5; +13 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12572
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12572
Vendor Advisory
https://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAPYC
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