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medium 4.6

CVE-2011-4642 json

mappy.py in Splunk Web in Splunk 4.2.x before 4.2.5 does not properly restrict use of the mappy command to access Python classes, which all…

published 2012-01-03 14 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2011-4560

cvss
4.6
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
28.6%
EPSS 28.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
2
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

mappy.py in Splunk Web in Splunk 4.2.x before 4.2.5 does not properly restrict use of the mappy command to access Python classes, which allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary code by leveraging the sys module in a request to the search application, as demonstrated by a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attack, aka SPL-45172.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/multi/http/splunk_mappy_exec)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

28.62% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit exploit/multi/http/splunk_mappy_exec Splunk Search Remote Code Execution metasploit exploit, excellent rank, 2011-12-12
  • EDB-18245 Splunk - Remote Command Execution remote, 2011-12-15
  • sec-1.com http://www.sec-1.com/blog/?p=233 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • sec-1.com http://www.sec-1.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Attacking_Splunk_Release.pdf referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.6 AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.