CVE-2011-4644

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 7.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2012-01-03 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-287

Description

Splunk 4.2.5 and earlier, when a Free license is selected, enables potentially undesirable functionality within an environment that intentionally does not support authentication, which allows remote attackers to (1) read arbitrary files via a management-console session that leverages the ability to create crafted data sources, or (2) execute management commands via an HTTP request.

Affected products

Splunk Enterprise: through 4.2.5; 2.1, 2.2, 2.2.1, 2.2.3, 2.2.6, 3.0 (+58)

References

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.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

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