XSS in Splunk

CVE-2017-12572

Persistent Cross Site Scripting (XSS) exists in Splunk Enterprise 6.5.x before 6.5.2, 6.4.x before 6.4.6, and 6.3.x before 6.3.9 and Splunk Light before 6.5.2, with exploitation requiring administrative access, aka SPL-134104.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (40.6th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 41st percentile — 40.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2017-12572: held from 0.005 to 0.005.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

  • Splunk — versions 6.3.0, 6.3.1, 6.3.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-12572?
CVE-2017-12572 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Splunk, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2017-08-05.
How severe is CVE-2017-12572?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.