Splunk 5.0.5 cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Splunk 5.0.5. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2013-6870. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Splunk 5.0.5 (Log Management Software) and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Splunk Web in Splunk before 5.0.6 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was published 11/15/2013 with UT Austin Information Security Office as Splunk Input Validation Flaw Permits Cross-Site Scripting Attacks as confirmed advisory (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at securitytracker.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2013-6870 since 11/25/2013. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Required for exploitation is a simple authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 71115 (Splunk < 5.0.6 Unspecified XSS), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses : XSS. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 12818 (Splunk Unspecified Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability (SPL-74327)).

Upgrading to version 5.0.6 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (71115), SecurityFocus (BID 63857†), OSVDB (100089†), Secunia (SA55774†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1029385†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 71115
Nessus Name: Splunk < 5.0.6 Unspecified XSS
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Splunk 5.0.6

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: Splunk Input Validation Flaw Permits Cross-Site Scripting Attacks⛔
Organization: UT Austin Information Security Office
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-6870 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-6870
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-11255
SecurityFocus: 63857 - Splunk Unspecified Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia: 55774 - Splunk Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability, Less Critical
OSVDB: 100089
SecurityTracker: 1029385 - Splunk Input Validation Flaw Permits Cross-Site Scripting Attacks
Vulnerability Center: 42416 - Splunk Before 5.0.6 Remote XSS Vulnerability in Splunk Web, Low

Entryinfo

Created: 11/26/2013 13:48
Updated: 12/23/2024 04:02
Changes: 11/26/2013 13:48 (72), 05/16/2017 04:26 (6), 06/02/2021 13:42 (3), 12/23/2024 04:02 (16)
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Committer: olku
Cache ID: 216::103

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