Vulnerability · Published May 6, 2022 · Assigned by Splunk

CVE-2022-26889Path Traversal in search parameter results in external content injection

High 8.8

In plain English

A high-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 1.5% (higher than 74% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)1.5%top 25.6% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In Splunk Enterprise versions before 8.1.2, the uri path to load a relative resource within a web page is vulnerable to path traversal. It allows an attacker to potentially inject arbitrary content into the web page (e.g., HTML Injection, XSS) or bypass SPL safeguards for risky commands. The attack is browser-based. An attacker cannot exploit the attack at will and requires the attacker to initiate a request within the victim's browser (e.g., phishing).

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Splunk	Splunk Enterprise	Version(s) before 8.1.2

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

References

https://www.splunk.com/en_us/product-security/announcements/svd-2022-0506.html x_refsource_MISC
https://research.splunk.com/application/path_traversal_spl_injection/ x_refsource_MISC