CVE-2024-36997: Persistent Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in conf-web/settings REST endpoint

4.6 CVSS

Description

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.2.2, 9.1.5, and 9.0.10 and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.1.2312, an admin user could store and execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the browser context of another Splunk user through the conf-web/settings REST endpoint. This could potentially cause a persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) exploit.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-36997

CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS Base Score: 4.6

Affected Products

Vendor: Splunk

Product: Splunk Enterprise

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.04% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 11.44% (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-2024-0717
https://research.splunk.com/application/ed1209ef-228d-4dab-9856-be9369925a5c

Timeline