#VU15457 Cross-site scripting in Splunk Enterprise and Splunk Light - CVE-2018-7427
Published: October 22, 2018 / Updated: November 13, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU15457
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-7427
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Splunk Enterprise
Splunk Light
Splunk Enterprise
Splunk Light
Software vendor:
Splunk Inc.
Splunk Inc.
Description
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists in Splunk Web due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link 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.
Remediation
Update Splunk Enterprise to 6.0.14, 6.1.13, 6.2.14, 6.3.10, 6.4.7, 6.5.3.
Update Splunk Light to version 6.6.0.
Update Splunk Light to version 6.6.0.