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CVE-2022-43561: Persistent Cross-Site Scripting in “Save Table” Dialog in Splunk Enterprise

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-11-03 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 8.1.12, 8.2.9, and 9.0.2, a remote user that holds the “power” Splunk role can store arbitrary scripts that can lead to persistent cross-site scripting (XSS). The vulnerability affects instances with Splunk Web enabled.

Affected products

• Splunk Enterprise: from 8.1.0 before 8.1.12; from 8.2.0 before 8.2.9; from 9.0.0 before 9.0.2 — fixed in 8.1.12, 8.2.9, 9.0.2
• Splunk Cloud Platform: before 9.0.2208 — fixed in 9.0.2208

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Splunk Enterprise 8.1.12, 8.2.9, 9.0.2; Splunk Cloud Platform 9.0.2208. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://research.splunk.com/application/a974d1ee-ddca-4837-b6ad-d55a8a239c20/
• https://www.splunk.com/en_us/product-security/announcements/svd-2022-1101.html
• https://research.splunk.com/application/a974d1ee-ddca-4837-b6ad-d55a8a239c20/
• https://www.splunk.com/en_us/product-security/announcements/svd-2022-1101.html

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