CVE-2014-5197

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-08-12 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in (1) Splunk Web or the (2) Splunkd HTTP Server in Splunk Enterprise 6.1.x before 6.1.3 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a URI, related to search ids.

Affected products

Splunk Enterprise: 6.1, 6.1.1, 6.1.2

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/59940
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030690
http://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAM9H
http://secunia.com/advisories/59940
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030690
http://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAM9H

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