CVE-2025-20385 (GCVE-0-2025-20385)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-03 17:00 – Updated: 2025-12-03 21:30
VLAI?
Summary
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.0.2, 9.4.6, 9.3.8, and 9.2.10, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 10.1.2507.6, 10.0.2503.7, and 9.3.2411.117, a user who holds a role with a high privilege capability `admin_all_objects` could craft a malicious payload through the href attribute of an anchor tag within a collection in the navigation bar, which could result in execution of unauthorized JavaScript code in the browser of a user.
Severity ?
2.4 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
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.
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Splunk Splunk Enterprise Affected: 10.0 , < 10.0.2 (custom)
Affected: 9.4 , < 9.4.6 (custom)
Affected: 9.3 , < 9.3.8 (custom)
Affected: 9.2 , < 9.2.10 (custom)
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    Splunk Splunk Cloud Platform Affected: 10.1.2507 , < 10.1.2507.6 (custom)
Affected: 10.0.2503 , < 10.0.2503.7 (custom)
Affected: 9.3.2411 , < 9.3.2411.117 (custom)
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Credits
Dr. Oliver Matula, DB Systel GmbH
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