Vulnerability · Published May 6, 2022 · Assigned by Splunk

CVE-2022-27183Reflected XSS in a query parameter of the Monitoring Console

High 8.8

In plain English

A high-severity cross-site scripting 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 0.7% (higher than 54% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 46.3% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The Monitoring Console app configured in Distributed mode allows for a Reflected XSS in a query parameter in Splunk Enterprise versions before 8.1.4. The Monitoring Console app is a bundled app included in Splunk Enterprise, not for download on SplunkBase, and not installed on Splunk Cloud Platform instances. Note that the Cloud Monitoring Console is not impacted.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Splunk	Splunk Enterprise	Version(s) before 8.1.4

Weakness: CWE-79 · 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-2022-0505.html x_refsource_MISC
https://research.splunk.com/application/splunk_xss_in_monitoring_console/ x_refsource_MISC