Description

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.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2023-40592

CVSS Base Severity: HIGH

CVSS Base Score: 8.4

Affected Products

Vendor: Splunk

Product: Splunk Enterprise

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.08% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 35.16% (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-2023-0801
https://research.splunk.com/application/182f9080-4137-4629-94ac-cb1083ac981a/

Timeline