CVE-2025-20297 MEDIUM

CVE-2025-20297: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) on Splunk Enterprise through dashboard PDF generation component

Vendor Splunk
Product Splunk Enterprise
Weakness CWE-79 · XSS
Published June 2, 2025
Last update June 2, 2025

CVSS base score

4.3/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality Low
Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.4.2, 9.3.4 and 9.2.6, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.3.2411.102, 9.3.2408.111 and 9.2.2406.118, a low-privileged user that does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles could craft a malicious payload through the pdfgen/render REST endpoint that could result in execution of unauthorized JavaScript code in the browser of a user.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

June 2, 2025 CVE published
June 2, 2025 Record updated