Stored cross-site scripting in Splunk Cloud Platform and Splunk Enterprise - CVE-2023-22933
Published: June 7, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU77061
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-22933
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in the "module" Tag in the View. A remote user can inject and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
Affected software
Splunk Cloud Platform
Splunk Enterprise
Splunk Enterprise
How to mitigate CVE-2023-22933
Install updates from vendor's website.
Splunk Cloud Platform - update to 9.0.2209
Splunk Enterprise - addressed in versions 8.1.13, 8.2.10, 9.0.4
Splunk Enterprise - addressed in versions 8.1.13, 8.2.10, 9.0.4