CVE-2024-45741

Splunk vulnerability

CVSS

5.4

EPSS

13.1%

EPSS pct

96th

Exploited

No known

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.2.3 and 9.1.6 and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.2.2403.108 and 9.1.2312.205, a low-privileged user that does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles could create a malicious payload through a custom configuration file that the "api.uri" parameter from the "/manager/search/apps/local" endpoint in Splunk Web calls. This could result in execution of unauthorized JavaScript code in the browser of a user.

Affected vendor

Splunk

Affected product

Splunk

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Published

2024-10-14

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring low privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to low impact to confidentiality, low impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 13.1% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

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