Splunk Enterprise/Cloud Platform up to 9.1.5/9.2.2 cross site scripting

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Splunk Enterprise and Cloud Platform up to 9.1.5/9.2.2. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Performing a manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2024-45740. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Splunk Enterprise and Cloud Platform up to 9.1.5/9.2.2. This affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.2.3 and 9.1.6 and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.2.2403, a low-privileged user that does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles could craft a malicious payload through Scheduled Views that could result in execution of unauthorized JavaScript code in the browser of a user.

The advisory is shared at advisory.splunk.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-45740 since 09/05/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 208942 (Splunk Enterprise 9.1.0 < 9.1.6, 9.2.0 < 9.2.3 (SVD-2024-1010)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 9.1.6 or 9.2.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (208942). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Type

• Log Management Software

Vendor

• Splunk

Name

• Cloud Platform
• Enterprise

Version

• 9.1.0
• 9.1.1
• 9.1.2
• 9.1.3
• 9.1.4
• 9.1.5
• 9.2.0
• 9.2.1
• 9.2.2

License

• commercial

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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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