cve-2022-43561
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-11-03 22:06
Modified
2025-04-25 19:10
Severity ?
6.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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.
References
prodsec@splunk.comhttps://research.splunk.com/application/a974d1ee-ddca-4837-b6ad-d55a8a239c20/Exploit, Technical Description, Vendor Advisory
prodsec@splunk.comhttps://www.splunk.com/en_us/product-security/announcements/svd-2022-1101.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://research.splunk.com/application/a974d1ee-ddca-4837-b6ad-d55a8a239c20/Exploit, Technical Description, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.splunk.com/en_us/product-security/announcements/svd-2022-1101.htmlVendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Splunk Splunk Enterprise Version: 8.1   < 8.1.12
Version: 8.2   < 8.2.9
Version: 9.0   < 9.0.2
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