8.4

CVE-2023-40592: splunk Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 8.4v3.1HighModified
Published 30-08-2023Last modified 28-02-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-40592 is a high (CVSS 8.4) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in splunk. EPSS estimates a 0.57% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 45.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
34/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.4/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.57%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 30-08-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 28-02-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.1.1, 9.0.6, and 8.2.12, an attacker can craft a special web request that can result in reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) on the “/app/search/table” web endpoint. Exploitation of this vulnerability can lead to the execution of arbitrary commands on the Splunk platform instance.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.57%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

46%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.57% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.57%

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

Splunk4 products

1 vendor · 4 products

References

2 links