CVE-2025-20321 (GCVE-0-2025-20321)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-07-07 17:48 – Updated: 2025-07-07 18:07
VLAI?
Summary
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.4.3, 9.3.5, 9.2.7 and 9.1.10, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.3.2411.104, 9.3.2408.114, and 9.2.2406.119, an unauthenticated attacker can send a specially-crafted SPL search that could change the membership state in a Splunk Search Head Cluster (SHC) through a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF), potentially leading to the removal of the captain or a member of the SHC.<br><br>The vulnerability requires the attacker to phish the administrator-level victim by tricking them into initiating a request within their browser. The attacker should not be able to exploit the vulnerability at will.
Severity ?
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-352 - The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request.
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Splunk Splunk Enterprise Affected: 9.4 , < 9.4.3 (custom)
Affected: 9.3 , < 9.3.5 (custom)
Affected: 9.2 , < 9.2.7 (custom)
Affected: 9.1 , < 9.1.10 (custom)
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    Splunk Splunk Enterprise Cloud Affected: 9.3.2411 , < 9.3.2411.104 (custom)
Affected: 9.3.2408 , < 9.3.2408.114 (custom)
Affected: 9.2.2406 , < 9.2.2406.119 (custom)
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Credits
Anton (therceman)
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