Splunk through 7.0.1 allows information disclosure by appending __raw/services/server/info/server-info?output_mode=json to a query, as demo…

published 2018-06-08 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-3440

cvss: 5.3; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 98.2%; EPSS 98.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.9%
public exploits: 2; Metasploit, Exploit-DB, plus a Nuclei check

Splunk through 7.0.1 allows information disclosure by appending __raw/services/server/info/server-info?output_mode=json to a query, as demonstrated by discovering a license key.

Timeline

2018-06-08 First public exploit (Metasploit auxiliary/gather/splunk_raw_server_info)
2018-06-08 Published

Exploit prediction

98.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.9% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

Metasploit auxiliary/gather/splunk_raw_server_info Splunk __raw Server Info Disclosure metasploit auxiliary, normal rank, 2018-06-08
EDB-44865 Splunk < 7.0.1 - Information Disclosure webapps, 2018-06-08
Nuclei template Splunk <=7.0.1 - Information Disclosure nuclei detection template
github.com https://github.com/kofa2002/splunk referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	5.3	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	5.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness

CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

exploit-db.com /exploits/44865/
exploit, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
github.com /kofa2002/splunk
exploit, third-party-advisory
securitytracker.com /id/1041148
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2018-11409
NVD CVE-2018-11409

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.

Summary