Vulnerability · Published Oct 1, 2025 · Assigned by cisco
CVE-2025-20368Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) through missing field warning messages in Saved Search and Job Inspector on Splunk Enterprise
Medium 5.7
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in Splunk Cloud Platform from Splunk. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 31% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.4.4, 9.3.6, and 9.2.8, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.3.2411.108, 9.3.2408.118 and 9.2.2406.123, a low privileged user that does not hold the admin or power Splunk roles could craft a malicious payload through the error messages and job inspection details of a saved search. This could result in execution of unauthorized JavaScript code in the browser of a user.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Splunk | Splunk Enterprise | 10.0 – before 10.0.09.4 – before 9.4.49.3 – before 9.3.69.2 – before 9.2.8 |
| Splunk | Splunk Cloud Platform | 9.3.2411 – before 9.3.2411.1089.3.2408 – before 9.3.2408.1189.2.2406 – before 9.2.2406.123 |
Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N