Medium severity · published Aug 30, 2023
CVE-2023-40592
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.1.1, 9.0.6, and 8.2.12, an attacker can craft a special web request that can result in reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) on the…
6.1
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.1.1, 9.0.6, and 8.2.12, an attacker can craft a special web request that can result in reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) on the “/app/search/table” web endpoint. Exploitation of this vulnerability can lead to the execution of arbitrary commands on the Splunk platform instance.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 47% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SP
Splunk · Splunk
8.2.0 before 8.2.12; 9.0.0 before 9.0.6; 9.1.0 · source: NVD
SC
Splunk Cloud Platform · Splunk
through 9.0.2305.100 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40592
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-40592
Vendor Advisory
https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2023-0801
Vendor Advisory
https://research.splunk.com/application/182f9080-4137-4629-94ac-cb1083ac981a/
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