CVE-2022-43570 HIGH

CVE-2022-43570: XML External Entity Injection through a custom View in Splunk Enterprise

Vendor Splunk
Product Splunk Enterprise
Weakness CWE-611 · XXE
Published November 4, 2022
Last update May 5, 2025
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CVSS base score

8.8/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 8.1.12, 8.2.9, and 9.0.2, an authenticated user can perform an extensible markup language (XML) external entity (XXE) injection via a custom View. The XXE injection causes Splunk Web to embed incorrect documents into an error.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

November 4, 2022 CVE published
May 5, 2025 Record updated