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CVE-2023-22932 (GCVE-0-2023-22932)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-02-14 17:22 – Updated: 2025-02-28 11:03
VLAI
Title
Persistent Cross-Site Scripting through a Base64-encoded Image in a View in Splunk Enterprise
Summary
In Splunk Enterprise 9.0 versions before 9.0.4, a View allows for Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) through the error message in a Base64-encoded image. The vulnerability affects instances with Splunk Web enabled. It does not affect Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.0.
Severity
8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-79 - The software does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Splunk Splunk Enterprise Affected: 9.0 , < 9.0.4 (custom)
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Splunk Splunk Cloud Platform Affected: - , < 9.0.2209.3 (custom)
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Date Public
2023-02-14 00:00
Credits
Tim Coen (foobar7)
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