Vulnerability · Published Nov 4, 2022 · Assigned by Splunk

CVE-2022-43562Host Header Injection in Splunk Enterprise

Low 3.0

In plain English

A low-severity improper input validation in Splunk Enterprise from Splunk. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 47% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)3.0Low
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 53.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 8.1.12, 8.2.9, and 9.0.2, Splunk Enterprise fails to properly validate and escape the Host header, which could let a remote authenticated user conduct various attacks against the system, including cross-site scripting and cache poisoning.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Splunk Splunk Enterprise 8.1 – before 8.1.128.2 – before 8.2.99.0 – before 9.0.2

Weakness: CWE-20 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N

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