Medium severity · published Jul 7, 2025
CVE-2025-20321
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.4.3, 9.3.5, 9.2.7 and 9.1.10, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.3.2411.104, 9.3.2408.114, and 9.2.2406.119, an unauthenticated…
4.3
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.4.3, 9.3.5, 9.2.7 and 9.1.10, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.3.2411.104, 9.3.2408.114, and 9.2.2406.119, an unauthenticated attacker can send a specially-crafted SPL search that could change the membership state in a Splunk Search Head Cluster (SHC) through a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF), potentially leading to the removal of the captain or a member of the SHC.<br><br>The vulnerability requires the attacker to phish the administrator-level victim by tricking them into initiating a request within their browser. The attacker should not be able to exploit the vulnerability at will.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 10% 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 9.1.10; 9.2.0 before 9.2.7; 9.3.0 before 9.3.5; 9.4.0 before 9.4.3 · source: NVD
SC
Splunk Cloud Platform · Splunk
9.2.2406 before 9.2.2406.119; 9.3.2408 before 9.3.2408.114; 9.3.2411 before 9.3.2411.104 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-20321
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-20321
Vendor Advisory
https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2025-0704
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