CVE-2019-5727

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2019-02-21 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Splunk Web in Splunk Enterprise 6.5.x before 6.5.5, 6.4.x before 6.4.9, 6.3.x before 6.3.12, 6.2.x before 6.2.14, 6.1.x before 6.1.14, and 6.0.x before 6.0.15 and Splunk Light before 6.6.0 has Persistent XSS, aka SPL-138827.

Affected products

Splunk Enterprise: before 6.6.0; from 6.0.0 before 6.0.15; from 6.1.0 before 6.1.14; from 6.2.0 before 6.2.14; from 6.3.0 before 6.3.12; from 6.4.0 before 6.4.9 — fixed in 6.0.15, 6.1.14, 6.2.14, 6.3.12, 6.4.9, 6.5.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Splunk Enterprise 6.0.15, 6.1.14, 6.2.14, 6.3.12. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107113
https://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAQAF
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107113
https://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAQAF

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