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CVE-2023-40592

HIGH
Published 2023-08-30T16:19:38.525Z
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CVSS Score

V3.1
8.4
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.003
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.3% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.504
Higher than 50.4% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
Not Available
Attack Complexity
Not Available
Privileges Required
Not Available
User Interaction
Not Available
Scope
Not Available

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
Not Available
Integrity
Not Available
Availability
Not Available

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.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

Splunk

Splunk Enterprise

Affected Versions:

8.2 9.0 9.1
Splunk

Splunk Cloud

Affected Versions:

-

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed MODERATE

GHSA-8gcf-q856-6j97

Advisory Details

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.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

5.0

CVSS Vector

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

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40592
WEB https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2023-0801
WEB https://research.splunk.com/application/182f9080-4137-4629-94ac-cb1083ac981a

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: August 30, 2023, Modified: November 3, 2023

References

https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2023-0801
https://research.splunk.com/application/182f9080-4137-4629-94ac-cb1083ac981a/
Published: 2023-08-30T16:19:38.525Z
Last Modified: 2025-02-28T11:03:48.911Z
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