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CVE-2022-43570: splunk

CVSS: 8.8v3.1HighModified
Published 04-11-2022Last modified 05-05-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-43570 is a high (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability in splunk. EPSS estimates a 0.71% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 52.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
35/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.71%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 04-11-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-05-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 8.1.12, 8.2.9, and 9.0.2, an authenticated user can perform an extensible markup language (XML) external entity (XXE) injection via a custom View. The XXE injection causes Splunk Web to embed incorrect documents into an error.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.71%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

53%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.01 pp

From 0.70% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.71%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Splunk3 products

1 vendor · 3 products

References

1 links