CVE-2025-20321 json
Membership State Change in Splunk Search Head Cluster through a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in Splunk Enterprise
published last yr. modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2025-20295
- cvss
- 6.5
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 9%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.4.3, 9.3.5, 9.2.7 and 9.1.10, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.3.2411.104, 9.3.2408.114, and 9.2.2406.119, an unauthenticated attacker can send a specially-crafted SPL search that could change the membership state in a Splunk Search Head Cluster (SHC) through a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF), potentially leading to the removal of the captain or a member of the SHC.<br><br>The vulnerability requires the attacker to phish the administrator-level victim by tricking them into initiating a request within their browser. The attacker should not be able to exploit the vulnerability at will.
Patch / fix
- Splunk Splunk Enterprise 9.1.10, 9.2.7, 9.3.5, 9.4.3
- Splunk Splunk Enterprise Cloud 9.2.2406.119, 9.3.2408.114, 9.3.2411.104
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- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- last yr.
Exploit prediction
0.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 9% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | 3.1 | 4.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
Affected products
- Splunk Splunk Enterprise
- Splunk Splunk Enterprise Cloud
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery
References
-
advisory.splunk.com
/advisories/SVD-2025-0704
vendor-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2025-20321
- NVD CVE-2025-20321
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