CVE-2024-36997 MEDIUM

CVE-2024-36997: Persistent Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in conf-web/settings REST endpoint

Vendor Splunk
Product Splunk Enterprise
Weakness CWE-79 · XSS
Published July 1, 2024
Last update February 28, 2025

CVSS base score

4.6/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction Required
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.2.2, 9.1.5, and 9.0.10 and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.1.2312, an admin user could store and execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the browser context of another Splunk user through the conf-web/settings REST endpoint. This could potentially cause a persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) exploit.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

July 1, 2024 CVE published
February 28, 2025 Record updated

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