What is CVE-2025-20228?

CVE-2025-20228 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Splunk, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-03-26.

How severe is CVE-2025-20228?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

CSRF in Splunk

CVE-2025-20228

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.3.3, 9.2.5, and 9.1.8 and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.2.2403.108, and 9.1.2312.204, a low-privileged user that does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles could change the maintenance mode state of App Key Value Store (KVStore) through a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF).

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

EPSS: 0.002 (12.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Splunk
Splunk Cloud Platform — versions 9.2.2403, 9.1.2312
Splunk Splunk_cloud_platform
Splunk Enterprise — versions 9.3, 9.2, 9.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

References

psirt@cisco.com (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-20228?: CVE-2025-20228 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Splunk, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-03-26.
How severe is CVE-2025-20228?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.