CVE-2023-32707 HIGH

CVE-2023-32707: ‘edit_user’ Capability Privilege Escalation

Vendor Splunk
Product Splunk Enterprise
Weakness CWE-285
Published June 1, 2023
Last update March 11, 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 versions of Splunk Enterprise below 9.0.5, 8.2.11, and 8.1.14, and Splunk Cloud Platform below version 9.0.2303.100, a low-privileged user who holds a role that has the ‘edit_user’ capability assigned to it can escalate their privileges to that of the admin user by providing specially crafted web requests.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

June 1, 2023 CVE published
March 11, 2025 Record updated