Vulnerability · Published Mar 11, 2026 · Assigned by cisco
CVE-2026-20162Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) through Path Traversal in Splunk Enterprise
Medium 6.3
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 0.2% (higher than 15% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.2.0, 10.0.3, 9.4.9, and 9.3.9, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 10.2.2510.4, 10.1.2507.15, 10.0.2503.11, and 9.3.2411.123, a low-privileged user who does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles could craft a malicious payload when creating a View (Settings - User Interface - Views) at the `/manager/launcher/data/ui/views/_new` endpoint leading to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) through a path traversal vulnerability. This could result in execution of unauthorized JavaScript code in the browser of a user. The vulnerability requires the attacker to phish the victim by tricking them into initiating a request within their browser. The authenticated user should not be able to exploit the vulnerability at will.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Splunk | Splunk Enterprise | 10.0 – before 10.0.39.4 – before 9.4.99.3 – before 9.3.9 |
| Splunk | Splunk Cloud Platform | 10.2.2510 – before 10.2.2510.410.1.2507 – before 10.1.2507.1510.0.2503 – before 10.0.2503.119.3.2411 – before 9.3.2411.123 |
Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N