What is CVE-2025-20227?

CVE-2025-20227 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Splunk, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2025-03-26.

How severe is CVE-2025-20227?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Splunk

CVE-2025-20227

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.4.1, 9.3.3, 9.2.5, and 9.1.8, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.3.2408.107, 9.2.2406.112, 9.2.2403.115, 9.1.2312.208 and 9.1.2308.214, a low-privileged user that does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles could bypass the external content warning modal dialog box in Dashboard Studio dashboards which could lead to an information disclosure.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

EPSS: 0.004 (31.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Splunk — versions 9.4.0
Splunk Cloud Platform — versions 9.3.2408, 9.2.2406, 9.2.2403
Splunk Splunk_cloud_platform
Splunk Enterprise — versions 9.4, 9.3, 9.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

psirt@cisco.com (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-20227?: CVE-2025-20227 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Splunk, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2025-03-26.
How severe is CVE-2025-20227?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.