CVE-2024-36993
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedIn Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.2.2, 9.1.5, and 9.0.10 and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.1.2312.200 and 9.1.2308.207, a low-privileged user that does not hold the admin or power Splunk roles could craft a malicious payload through a Splunk Web Bulletin Messages that could result in execution of unauthorized JavaScript code in the browser of a user.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysisUntrusted input is placed into a web page without being neutralised, so an attacker's markup or script executes in another user's browser. That can hijack sessions, capture keystrokes, or silently perform actions as the victim. Fixing it properly means context-aware output encoding everywhere data meets HTML, backed by a content-security policy as a second line of defence.
General guidance for the cross-site scripting (xss) class — the official description and references above are authoritative for this specific CVE. Want a bespoke review and a reviewed fix? Ask our team →
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data>= 9.0.0, < 9.0.10>= 9.1.0, < 9.1.5>= 9.2.0, < 9.2.2>= 9.1.2308, < 9.1.2308.207>= 9.1.2312, < 9.1.2312.200CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scoped9.0.109.1.59.1.2308.207
Splunk Enterprise: 9.0.10, 9.1.5, or 9.2.2 (depending on your current branch); Splunk Cloud Platform: 9.1.2312.200 or 9.1.2308.207
- 1. Identify your current Splunk Enterprise or Splunk Cloud Platform version using the About page in Splunk Web or the 'splunk --version' CLI command.
- 2. For Splunk Enterprise: If running 9.0.x, upgrade to 9.0.10 or later; if running 9.1.x, upgrade to 9.1.5 or later; if running 9.2.x, upgrade to 9.2.2 or later.
- 3. For Splunk Cloud Platform: Contact Splunk Cloud support to request upgrade to version 9.1.2312.200 or 9.1.2308.207 depending on your current deployment track.
- 4. After upgrade, verify the Splunk Web service starts successfully and log in to Splunk Web.
- 5. As an administrator, review Splunk Web Bulletin Messages settings to ensure no malicious payloads were previously injected.
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