What is CVE-2022-27183?

CVE-2022-27183 is a high-severity vulnerability in Splunk Enterprise, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2022-05-06.

How severe is CVE-2022-27183?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

XSS in Splunk Enterprise

CVE-2022-27183

The Monitoring Console app configured in Distributed mode allows for a Reflected XSS in a query parameter in Splunk Enterprise versions before 8.1.4. The Monitoring Console app is a bundled app included in Splunk Enterprise, not for downlo…

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.004 (57.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Splunk Enterprise — versions Version(s) before 8.1.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

www.splunk.com/en_us/product-security/announcements/svd-2022-0505.html (x_refsource_MISC)
research.splunk.com/application/splunk_xss_in_monitoring_console/ (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-27183?: CVE-2022-27183 is a high-severity vulnerability in Splunk Enterprise, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2022-05-06.
How severe is CVE-2022-27183?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.