What is CVE-2022-43561?

CVE-2022-43561 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Splunk, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2022-11-03.

How severe is CVE-2022-43561?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.

XSS in Splunk

CVE-2022-43561

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 8.1.12, 8.2.9, and 9.0.2, a remote user that holds the “power” Splunk role can store arbitrary scripts that can lead to persistent cross-site scripting (XSS). The vulnerability affects instances with Splunk Web enabled.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.006 (46.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Splunk
Splunk Splunk_cloud_platform
Splunk Enterprise — versions 8.1, 8.2, 9.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

prodsec@splunk.com (Vendor Advisory)
prodsec@splunk.com (Technical Description, Exploit, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-43561?: CVE-2022-43561 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Splunk, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2022-11-03.
How severe is CVE-2022-43561?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.