Stored cross-site scripting in Splunk Enterprise - CVE-2025-20385
Published: December 4, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU119118
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-20385
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote user to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data when processing the Anchor Tag "href" in Navigation Bar Collections. A remote privileged user can inject and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Affected software
Splunk Enterprise
How to mitigate CVE-2025-20385
Install updates from vendor's website.
Splunk Enterprise - addressed in versions 9.2.10, 9.3.8, 9.4.6, 10.0.2