Medium severity · published Mar 26, 2025
CVE-2025-20228
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.3.3, 9.2.5, and 9.1.8 and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.2.2403.108, and 9.1.2312.204, a low-privileged user that does not hold the…
6.5
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.3.3, 9.2.5, and 9.1.8 and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.2.2403.108, and 9.1.2312.204, a low-privileged user that does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles could change the maintenance mode state of App Key Value Store (KVStore) through a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF).
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 14% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SP
Splunk · Splunk
9.1.0 before 9.1.8; 9.2.0 before 9.2.5; 9.3.0 before 9.3.3 · source: NVD
SC
Splunk Cloud Platform · Splunk
9.1.2312 before 9.1.2312.204; 9.2.2403.100 before 9.2.2403.107 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-20228
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-20228
Vendor Advisory
https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2025-0303
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