CVE-2023-46214

high-risk
Published 2023-11-16

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.0.7 and 9.1.2, Splunk Enterprise does not safely sanitize extensible stylesheet language transformations (XSLT) that users supply. This means that an attacker can upload malicious XSLT which can result in remote code execution on the Splunk Enterprise instance.

Do I need to act?

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87.8% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 12% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 8.0/10 High
NETWORK / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (2)

Cloud

Affected Vendors

Splunk

References (6)

Vendor Advisory https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2023-1104
Vendor Advisory https://research.splunk.com/application/6cb7e011-55fb-48e3-a98d-164fa854e37e/
Vendor Advisory https://research.splunk.com/application/a053e6a6-2146-483a-9798-2d43652f3299/
Vendor Advisory https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2023-1104
Vendor Advisory https://research.splunk.com/application/6cb7e011-55fb-48e3-a98d-164fa854e37e/
Vendor Advisory https://research.splunk.com/application/a053e6a6-2146-483a-9798-2d43652f3299/
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high-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 20/34 · Moderate
Exposure 7/34 · Low