Improper Neutralization of HTTP Headers for Scripting Syntax in Splunk Enterprise - CVE-2022-43562
Published: November 2, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU68941
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-43562
CWE-ID: CWE-644
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Splunk Inc.
Affected software:
Splunk Enterprise
Splunk Enterprise
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XSS attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of HTTP headers. A remote authenticated user can inject a malicious Host HTTP header into the server response and perform XSS or cache injection attacks.
How to mitigate CVE-2022-43562
Install updates from vendor's website.