vulnerability
Splunk: CVE-2023-22942: Cross-Site Request Forgery in the ‘ssg/kvstore_client’ REST Endpoint in Splunk Enterprise
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P) | Feb 14, 2023 | Apr 7, 2025 | Oct 31, 2025 |
Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)
Published
Feb 14, 2023
Added
Apr 7, 2025
Modified
Oct 31, 2025
Description
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 SSGApp Key Value Store (KV store)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.
Solution
splunk-upgrade-latest
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