CVE-2023-32711

Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) through a URL Validation Bypass within a Dashboard View

Severity Score

5.4

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.0.5, 8.2.11, and 8.1.14, a Splunk dashboard view lets a low-privileged user exploit a vulnerability in the Bootstrap web framework (CVE-2019-8331) and build a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) payload.

*Credits: Danylo Dmytriiev (DDV_UA)

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2023-05-11 CVE Reserved
2023-06-01 CVE Published
2025-02-28 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2023-0605	2024-04-10
https://research.splunk.com/application/8a43558f-a53c-4ee4-86c1-30b1e8ef3606	2024-04-10

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Splunk Search vendor "Splunk"		Splunk Search vendor "Splunk" for product "Splunk"				>= 8.1.0 < 8.1.14 Search vendor "Splunk" for product "Splunk" and version " >= 8.1.0 < 8.1.14"		enterprise		Affected
Splunk Search vendor "Splunk"		Splunk Search vendor "Splunk" for product "Splunk"				>= 8.2.0 < 8.2.11 Search vendor "Splunk" for product "Splunk" and version " >= 8.2.0 < 8.2.11"		enterprise		Affected
Splunk Search vendor "Splunk"		Splunk Search vendor "Splunk" for product "Splunk"				>= 9.0.0 < 9.0.5 Search vendor "Splunk" for product "Splunk" and version " >= 9.0.0 < 9.0.5"		enterprise		Affected