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CVE-2024-36993: Persistent Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in Web Bulletin

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2024-07-01 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.2.2, 9.1.5, and 9.0.10 and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.1.2312.200 and 9.1.2308.207, a low-privileged user that does not hold the admin or power Splunk roles could craft a malicious payload through a Splunk Web Bulletin Messages that could result in execution of unauthorized JavaScript code in the browser of a user.

Affected products

• Splunk Enterprise: from 9.0.0 before 9.0.10; from 9.1.0 before 9.1.5; from 9.2.0 before 9.2.2 — fixed in 9.0.10, 9.1.5, 9.2.2
• Splunk Cloud Platform: from 9.1.2308 before 9.1.2308.207; from 9.1.2312 before 9.1.2312.200 — fixed in 9.1.2308.207, 9.1.2312.200

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Splunk Enterprise 9.0.10, 9.1.5, 9.2.2; Splunk Cloud Platform 9.1.2308.207, 9.1.2312.200. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2024-0713
• https://research.splunk.com/application/fd852b27-1882-4505-9f2c-64dfb96f4fc1
• https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2024-0713
• https://research.splunk.com/application/fd852b27-1882-4505-9f2c-64dfb96f4fc1

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