Medium severity · published Nov 4, 2022
CVE-2022-43570
XML External Entity Injection through a custom View in Splunk Enterprise
6.5
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 8.1.12, 8.2.9, and 9.0.2, an authenticated user can perform an extensible markup language (XML) external entity (XXE) injection via a custom View. The XXE injection causes Splunk Web to embed incorrect documents into an error.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 53% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SE
Splunk Enterprise · Splunk
8.1 before 8.1.12; 8.2 before 8.2.9; 9.0 before 9.0.2 · source: vendor
SP
Splunk · Splunk
8.1.0 before 8.1.12; 8.2.0 before 8.2.9; 9.0.0 before 9.0.2 · source: NVD
SC
Splunk Cloud Platform · Splunk
before 9.0.2209 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-43570
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-43570
Vendor Advisory
https://www.splunk.com/en_us/product-security/announcements/svd-2022-1110.html
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