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CVE-2025-20297: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) on Splunk Enterprise through dashboard PDF generation component
- Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 31.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2025-06-02 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-79
Description
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.4.2, 9.3.4 and 9.2.6, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.3.2411.102, 9.3.2408.111 and 9.2.2406.118, a low-privileged user that does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles could craft a malicious payload through the pdfgen/render REST endpoint that could result in execution of unauthorized JavaScript code in the browser of a user.
Affected products
- Splunk Enterprise: from 9.2.0 before 9.2.6; from 9.3.0 before 9.3.4; from 9.4.0 before 9.4.2 — fixed in 9.2.6, 9.3.4, 9.4.2
- Splunk Cloud Platform: from 9.2.2406 before 9.2.2406.118; from 9.3.2408 before 9.3.2408.111; from 9.3.2411 before 9.3.2411.102 — fixed in 9.2.2406.118, 9.3.2408.111, 9.3.2411.102
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Splunk Enterprise 9.2.6, 9.3.4, 9.4.2; Splunk Cloud Platform 9.2.2406.118, 9.3.2408.111, 9.3.2411.102. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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