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CVE-2025-20368: Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) through missing field warning messages in Saved Search and Job Inspector on Splunk Enterprise
- 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: none known
- Published: 2025-10-01 · updated 2026-10-18
- Weakness: CWE-79
Description
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.4.4, 9.3.6, and 9.2.8, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.3.2411.108, 9.3.2408.118 and 9.2.2406.123, a low privileged user that does not hold the admin or power Splunk roles could craft a malicious payload through the error messages and job inspection details of a saved search. This could result in execution of unauthorized JavaScript code in the browser of a user.
Affected products
- Splunk Enterprise: from 9.2.0 before 9.2.8; from 9.3.0 before 9.3.6; from 9.4.0 before 9.4.4 — fixed in 9.2.8, 9.3.6, 9.4.4
- Splunk Cloud Platform: from 9.2.2406 before 9.2.2406.123; from 9.3.2408 before 9.3.2408.118; from 9.3.2411 before 9.3.2411.108 — fixed in 9.2.2406.123, 9.3.2408.118, 9.3.2411.108
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Splunk Enterprise 9.2.8, 9.3.6, 9.4.4; Splunk Cloud Platform 9.2.2406.123, 9.3.2408.118, 9.3.2411.108. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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