vulnerability
Splunk: CVE-2024-45741: Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via props.conf on Splunk Enterprise
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N) | Oct 14, 2024 | Apr 7, 2025 | Mar 25, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
Oct 14, 2024
Added
Apr 7, 2025
Modified
Mar 25, 2026
Description
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.2.3 and 9.1.6 and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.2.2403.108 and 9.1.2312.205, a low-privileged user that does not hold the “admin” or “power” Splunk roles could create a malicious payload through a custom configuration file that the “api.uri” parameter from the “/manager/search/apps/local” endpoint in Splunk Web calls. This could result in execution of unauthorized JavaScript code in the browser of a user.
Solution
splunk-upgrade-latest
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