Path traversal in Splunk Enterprise and Splunk Light - CVE-2018-7431
Published: October 22, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU15456
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-7431
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Splunk Inc.
Affected software:
Splunk Enterprise
Splunk Light
Splunk Enterprise
Splunk Light
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to conduct a path traversal attack on the target system.
The vulnerability exists in the Django App component due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request that submits malicious directory traversal characters and download arbitrary files from the Django App component of the affected application, which could be used to conduct further attacks.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-7431
Update Splunk Enterprise to 6.0.14, 6.1.13, 6.2.14, 6.3.10, 6.4.6, 6.5.3.
Update Splunk Light to version 6.6.0.
Update Splunk Light to version 6.6.0.