CVE-2023-46213 (GCVE-0-2023-46213)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-11-16 20:15 – Updated: 2025-02-28 11:03
VLAI
Title
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) on “Show Syntax Highlighted” View in Search Page
Summary
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.
Severity
4.8 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-79 - The software 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.
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Splunk Splunk Enterprise Affected: 9.0 , < 9.0.7 (custom)
Affected: 9.1 , < 9.1.2 (custom)
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Splunk Splunk Cloud Affected: - , < 9.1.2308 (custom)
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splunk splunk Affected: 9.0 , < 9.0.7 (semver)
Affected: 9.1 , < 9.1.2 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
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splunk splunk_cloud_platform Affected: - , < 9.1.2308 (semver)
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Date Public
2023-11-16 00:00
Credits
Joshua Neubecker
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