In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.3.3, 9.2.5, and 9.1.8 and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.3.2408.103, 9.2.2406.108, 9.2.2403.113, 9.1.2312.208 and 9.1.2308.212, a low-privileged user that does not hold the “admin“ or “power“ Splunk roles could run a saved search with a risky command using the permissions of a higher-privileged user to bypass the SPL safeguards for risky commands on the “/app/search/search“ endpoint through its “s“ parameter. <br>The vulnerability requires the attacker to phish the victim by tricking them into initiating a request within their browser. The authenticated user should not be able to exploit the vulnerability at will.
History

Mon, 21 Jul 2025 21:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Splunk
Splunk splunk
Splunk splunk Cloud Platform
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_cloud_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Splunk
Splunk splunk
Splunk splunk Cloud Platform

Thu, 27 Mar 2025 14:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 26 Mar 2025 22:15:00 +0000

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Description In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.3.3, 9.2.5, and 9.1.8 and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.3.2408.103, 9.2.2406.108, 9.2.2403.113, 9.1.2312.208 and 9.1.2308.212, a low-privileged user that does not hold the “admin“ or “power“ Splunk roles could run a saved search with a risky command using the permissions of a higher-privileged user to bypass the SPL safeguards for risky commands on the “/app/search/search“ endpoint through its “s“ parameter. <br>The vulnerability requires the attacker to phish the victim by tricking them into initiating a request within their browser. The authenticated user should not be able to exploit the vulnerability at will.
Title Risky Command Safeguards Bypass in “/app/search/search“ endpoint through “s“ parameter in Splunk Enterprise
Weaknesses CWE-200
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: cisco

Published: 2025-03-26T22:06:00.180Z

Updated: 2025-03-27T13:49:49.830Z

Reserved: 2024-10-10T19:15:13.237Z

Link: CVE-2025-20232

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-03-27T13:49:46.423Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-03-26T22:15:15.233

Modified: 2025-07-21T20:45:39.787

Link: CVE-2025-20232

cve-icon Redhat

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