CVE-2025-20385: splunk Cross-site Scripting
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2025-20385 is a medium (CVSS 4.8) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in splunk. EPSS estimates a 0.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 18.7% of scored vulnerabilities.
Timeline
- 03-12-2025PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 03-12-2025Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.0.2, 9.4.6, 9.3.8, and 9.2.10, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 10.1.2507.6, 10.0.2503.7, and 9.3.2411.117, a user who holds a role with a high privilege capability `admin_all_objects` could craft a malicious payload through the href attribute of an anchor tag within a collection in the navigation bar, which could result in execution of unauthorized JavaScript code in the browser of a user.
CVSS metrics
2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version- CVE.orgCNA2.4LowCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:NDiffers
EPSS trend
Probability
0.28%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
19%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.28% on 18-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Splunk3 products
- splunk≥ 9.2.0, < 9.2.10 | ≥ 9.3.0, < 9.3.8 | ≥ 9.4.0, < 9.4.6 | ≥ 10.0.0, < 10.0.2
- splunk_cloud_platform≥ 9.3.2411, < 9.3.2411.117 | ≥ 10.0.2503, < 10.0.2503.7 | ≥ 10.1.2507, < 10.1.2507.6
- splunk enterprise≥ 10.0, < 10.0.2 | ≥ 9.4, < 9.4.6 | ≥ 9.3, < 9.3.8 | ≥ 9.2, < 9.2.10
1 vendor · 3 products
References
1 links- advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2025-1204Vendor Advisory