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CVE-2022-43561

MEDIUM
Published 2022-11-03T22:06:41.735Z
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CVSS Score

V3.1
6.4
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.001
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.1% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.240
Higher than 24.0% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH

Description

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 8.1.12, 8.2.9, and 9.0.2, a remote user that holds the “power” Splunk role can store arbitrary scripts that can lead to persistent cross-site scripting (XSS). The vulnerability affects instances with Splunk Web enabled.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

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Affected Products

Splunk

Splunk Enterprise

Affected Versions:

8.1 8.2 9.0

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed MODERATE

GHSA-8267-g4r9-6r3v

Advisory Details

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 8.1.12, 8.2.9, and 9.0.2, a remote user that holds the “power” Splunk role can store arbitrary scripts that can lead to persistent cross-site scripting (XSS). The vulnerability affects instances with Splunk Web enabled.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

5.0

CVSS Vector

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

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-43561
WEB https://research.splunk.com/application/a974d1ee-ddca-4837-b6ad-d55a8a239c20
WEB https://www.splunk.com/en_us/product-security/announcements/svd-2022-1101.html

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: July 6, 2023, Modified: April 4, 2024

References

https://www.splunk.com/en_us/product-security/announcements/svd-2022-1101.html
https://research.splunk.com/application/a974d1ee-ddca-4837-b6ad-d55a8a239c20/
Published: 2022-11-03T22:06:41.735Z
Last Modified: 2025-04-25T19:10:23.182Z
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