CVE-2025-20297 (GCVE-0-2025-20297)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-06-02 17:14
Modified
2025-06-02 17:25
Severity ?
4.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-79 - The software does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.
Summary
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.4.2, 9.3.4 and 9.2.6, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.3.2411.102, 9.3.2408.111 and 9.2.2406.118, a low-privileged user that does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles could craft a malicious payload through the pdfgen/render REST endpoint that could result in execution of unauthorized JavaScript code in the browser of a user.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Splunk Splunk Enterprise Version: 9.4   < 9.4.2
Version: 9.3   < 9.3.4
Version: 9.2   < 9.2.6
Version: 9.1   < 9.1.9
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Version: 9.3.2408   < 9.3.2408.111
Version: 9.2.2406   < 9.2.2406.118
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