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CVE-2011-4643

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 7.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2012-01-03 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in Splunk 4.x before 4.2.5 allow remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a URI to (1) Splunk Web or (2) the Splunkd HTTP Server, aka SPL-45243.

Affected products

• Splunk Enterprise: 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.0.3, 4.0.4, 4.0.5 (+20)

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/47232
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18245/
• http://www.sec-1.com/blog/?p=233
• http://www.sec-1.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Attacking_Splunk_Release.pdf
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026451
• http://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAGMM
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72244
• http://secunia.com/advisories/47232
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18245/
• http://www.sec-1.com/blog/?p=233
• http://www.sec-1.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Attacking_Splunk_Release.pdf
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026451

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