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.

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)

EPSS: 0.005 (40.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Splunk — versions 6.3.0, 6.3.1, 6.3.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

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.