What is CVE-2022-43569?

CVE-2022-43569 is a high-severity vulnerability in Splunk, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 8.0/10. Published 2022-11-04.

How severe is CVE-2022-43569?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.0 out of 10.

XSS in Splunk

CVE-2022-43569

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 8.1.12, 8.2.9, and 9.0.2, an authenticated user can inject and store arbitrary scripts that can lead to persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) in the object name of a Data Model.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.007 (49.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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 (Exploit, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-43569?: CVE-2022-43569 is a high-severity vulnerability in Splunk, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 8.0/10. Published 2022-11-04.
How severe is CVE-2022-43569?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.0 out of 10.