XML External Entity injection in Splunk Enterprise - CVE-2022-43570
Published: November 2, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU68949
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-43570
CWE-ID: CWE-611
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote user to compromise the affected system.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied XML input passed via a custom View. A remote user can pass a specially crafted XML code to the affected application and view contents of arbitrary files on the system or initiate requests to external systems.
Affected software
Splunk Enterprise
How to mitigate CVE-2022-43570
Install updates from vendor's website.
Splunk Enterprise - addressed in versions 8.1.12, 8.2.9, 9.0.2