Splunk Enterprise up to 8.1.12/8.2.9/9.0.3 REST Endpoint cross-site request forgery

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Splunk Enterprise up to 8.1.12/8.2.9/9.0.3. This impacts an unknown function of the component REST Endpoint. Such manipulation leads to cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2023-22942. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Splunk Enterprise up to 8.1.12/8.2.9/9.0.3 (Log Management Software) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component REST Endpoint. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-352. The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 8.1.13, 8.2.10, and 9.0.4, a cross-site request forgery in the Splunk Secure Gateway (SSG) app in the ‘kvstore_client’ REST endpoint lets a potential attacker update SSG [App Key Value Store (KV store)](https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/Admin/AboutKVstore) collections using an HTTP GET request. SSG is a Splunk-built app that comes with Splunk Enterprise. The vulnerability affects instances with SSG and Splunk Web enabled.

The weakness was shared 02/14/2023 as SVD-2023-0212. The advisory is available at advisory.splunk.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-22942 since 01/10/2023. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

Upgrading to version 8.1.13, 8.2.10 or 9.0.4 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• Log Management Software

Vendor

• Splunk

Name

• Enterprise

Version

• 8.1.0
• 8.1.1
• 8.1.2
• 8.1.3
• 8.1.4
• 8.1.5
• 8.1.6
• 8.1.7
• 8.1.8
• 8.1.9
• 8.1.10
• 8.1.11
• 8.1.12
• 8.2.0
• 8.2.1
• 8.2.2
• 8.2.3
• 8.2.4
• 8.2.5
• 8.2.6
• 8.2.7
• 8.2.8
• 8.2.9
• 9.0.0
• 9.0.1
• 9.0.2
• 9.0.3

License

• commercial

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