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high 8.1

CVE-2024-36997 json

Persistent Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in conf-web/settings REST endpoint

published 2y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2024-36384

cvss
8.1
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 46%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.2.2, 9.1.5, and 9.0.10 and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.1.2312, an admin user could store and execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the browser context of another Splunk user through the conf-web/settings REST endpoint. This could potentially cause a persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) exploit.

Patch / fix

  • Splunk Splunk Enterprise 9.0.10, 9.1.5, 9.2.2
  • Splunk Splunk Cloud Platform 9.1.2312.100
  • splunk splunk 9.0.10, 9.1.5, 9.2.2
  • splunk splunk_cloud_platform 9.1.2312.100

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2y ago

Exploit prediction

0.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 46% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 4.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD 3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Affected products

  • Splunk Splunk Enterprise
  • Splunk Splunk Cloud Platform
  • splunk splunk
  • splunk splunk_cloud_platform

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

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