What is CVE-2023-40592?

CVE-2023-40592 is a high-severity vulnerability in Splunk Cloud, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 8.4/10. Published 2023-08-30.

How severe is CVE-2023-40592?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-40592 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Splunk Cloud

CVE-2023-40592

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.1.1, 9.0.6, and 8.2.12, an attacker can craft a special web request that can result in reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) on the “/app/search/table” web endpoint. Exploitation of this vulnerability c…

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.004 (58.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.4 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Splunk Cloud
Splunk Enterprise — versions 8.2, 9.0, 9.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-40592?: CVE-2023-40592 is a high-severity vulnerability in Splunk Cloud, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 8.4/10. Published 2023-08-30.
How severe is CVE-2023-40592?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-40592 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.