CVE-2023-46213

Cross-site Scripting (XSS) on “Show Syntax Highlighted” View in Search Page

Severity Score

4.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Track*

*SSVC

Descriptions

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.0.7 and 9.1.2, ineffective escaping in the “Show syntax Highlighted” feature can result in the execution of unauthorized code in a user’s web browser.

En las versiones de Splunk Enterprise inferiores a 9.0.7 y 9.1.2, el escape ineficaz en la función "Mostrar sintaxis resaltada" puede resultar en la ejecución de código no autorizado en el navegador web de un usuario.

*Credits: Joshua Neubecker

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

Multiple

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Track*

Exploitation

None

Automatable

Tech. Impact

Total

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2023-10-18 CVE Reserved
2023-11-16 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-2023-1103	2024-04-10
https://research.splunk.com/application/1030bc63-0b37-4ac9-9ae0-9361c955a3cc	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"		Cloud Search vendor "Splunk" for product "Cloud"				< 9.1.2308 Search vendor "Splunk" for product "Cloud" and version " < 9.1.2308"		-		Affected
Splunk Search vendor "Splunk"		Splunk Search vendor "Splunk" for product "Splunk"				>= 9.0.0 < 9.0.7 Search vendor "Splunk" for product "Splunk" and version " >= 9.0.0 < 9.0.7"		enterprise		Affected
Splunk Search vendor "Splunk"		Splunk Search vendor "Splunk" for product "Splunk"				>= 9.1.0 < 9.1.2 Search vendor "Splunk" for product "Splunk" and version " >= 9.1.0 < 9.1.2"		enterprise		Affected