CVE-2024-45741 MEDIUM

CVE-2024-45741: Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via props.conf on Splunk Enterprise

Vendor Splunk
Product Splunk Enterprise
Weakness CWE-79 · XSS
Published October 14, 2024
Last update February 28, 2025

CVSS base score

5.4/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction Required
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.2.3 and 9.1.6 and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.2.2403.108 and 9.1.2312.205, a low-privileged user that does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles could create a malicious payload through a custom configuration file that the "api.uri" parameter from the "/manager/search/apps/local" endpoint in Splunk Web calls. This could result in execution of unauthorized JavaScript code in the browser of a user.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

October 14, 2024 CVE published
February 28, 2025 Record updated