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CVE-2023-40592 (GCVE-0-2023-40592)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-08-30 16:19 – Updated: 2025-02-28 11:03
VLAI
Title
Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) on "/app/search/table" web endpoint
Summary
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.
Severity
8.4 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-12-03 15:01 UTC
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: 8.2 , < 8.2.12 (custom)
Affected: 9.0 , < 9.0.6 (custom)
Affected: 9.1 , < 9.1.1 (custom)
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Splunk Splunk Cloud Affected: - , < 9.0.2305.200 (custom)
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Date Public
2023-08-30 00:00
Credits
Danylo Dmytriiev (DDV_UA)
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