What is CVE-2023-46213?

CVE-2023-46213 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Splunk Cloud, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2023-11-16.

How severe is CVE-2023-46213?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.

XSS in Splunk Cloud

CVE-2023-46213

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.0.7 and 9.1.2, ineffective escaping in the “Show syntax Highlighted” feature can result in the execution of unauthorized code in a user’s web browser.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.002 (38.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Splunk Cloud
Splunk Enterprise — versions 9.0, 9.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2023-1103
research.splunk.com/application/1030bc63-0b37-4ac9-9ae0-9361c955a3cc/

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-46213?: CVE-2023-46213 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Splunk Cloud, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2023-11-16.
How severe is CVE-2023-46213?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.