Vulnerability · Published Nov 16, 2023 · Assigned by Splunk

CVE-2023-46213Cross-site Scripting (XSS) on “Show Syntax Highlighted” View in Search Page

Medium 4.8

In plain English

A medium-severity cross-site scripting in Splunk Cloud from Splunk. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 41% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.8Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 58.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

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.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Splunk Splunk Enterprise 9.0 – before 9.0.79.1 – before 9.1.2
Splunk Splunk Cloud - – before 9.1.2308

Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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