CVE-2023-22938: Permissions Validation Failure in the ‘sendemail’ REST API Endpoint in Splunk Enterprise

4.3 CVSS

Description

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 8.1.13, 8.2.10, and 9.0.4, the ‘sendemail’ REST API endpoint lets any authenticated user send an email as the Splunk instance. The endpoint is now restricted to the ‘splunk-system-user’ account on the local instance.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2023-22938

CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS Base Score: 4.3

Affected Products

Vendor: Splunk

Product: Splunk Enterprise

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.05% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 25.73% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-02-03 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2023-0208

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