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CVE-2025-20228 (GCVE-0-2025-20228)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-03-26 22:04 – Updated: 2025-03-27 13:42
VLAI
Title
Maintenance mode state change of App Key Value Store (KVStore) through a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in Splunk Enterprise
Summary
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).
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-03-27 13:42 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-352 - The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request.
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Splunk Splunk Enterprise Affected: 9.3 , < 9.3.3 (custom)
Affected: 9.2 , < 9.2.5 (custom)
Affected: 9.1 , < 9.1.8 (custom)
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Splunk Splunk Cloud Platform Affected: 9.2.2403 , < 9.2.2403.108 (custom)
Affected: 9.1.2312 , < 9.1.2312.204 (custom)
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Date Public
2025-03-26 00:00
Credits
Anton (therceman)
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