5.4

CVE-2025-20297: splunk Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 5.4v3.1MediumAnalyzed
Published 02-06-2025Last modified 02-06-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-20297 is a medium (CVSS 5.4) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in splunk. EPSS estimates a 29.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
27/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.4/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
29.30%
0%100%
High · +3.41 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 02-06-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 02-06-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.4.2, 9.3.4 and 9.2.6, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.3.2411.102, 9.3.2408.111 and 9.2.2406.118, a low-privileged user that does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles could craft a malicious payload through the pdfgen/render REST endpoint that could result in execution of unauthorized JavaScript code in the browser of a user.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

29.30%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

98%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+3.41 pp

From 25.89% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
29.30%

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
  • splunk≥ 9.2.0, < 9.2.6 | ≥ 9.3.0, < 9.3.4 | ≥ 9.4.0, < 9.4.2
  • splunk_cloud_platform≥ 9.2.2406, < 9.2.2406.118 | ≥ 9.3.2408, < 9.3.2408.111 | ≥ 9.3.2411, < 9.3.2411.102
  • splunk enterprise≥ 9.4, < 9.4.2 | ≥ 9.3, < 9.3.4 | ≥ 9.2, < 9.2.6 | ≥ 9.1, < 9.1.9

1 vendor · 3 products

References

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