CVE-2023-32707 (GCVE-0-2023-32707)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-06-01 16:34 – Updated: 2025-03-11 15:02
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
‘edit_user’ Capability Privilege Escalation
Summary
In versions of Splunk Enterprise below 9.0.5, 8.2.11, and 8.1.14, and Splunk Cloud Platform below version 9.0.2303.100, a low-privileged user who holds a role that has the ‘edit_user’ capability assigned to it can escalate their privileges to that of the admin user by providing specially crafted web requests.
Severity
8.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-03-06 15:27 UTC
CWE
- CWE-285 - The software does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.
Assigner
References
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Splunk | Splunk Enterprise |
Affected:
8.1 , < 8.1.14
(custom)
Affected: 8.2 , < 8.2.11 (custom) Affected: 9.0 , < 9.0.5 (custom) |
guessed | |
| Splunk | Splunk Cloud Platform |
Affected:
- , < 9.0.2303.100
(custom)
|
guessed |
Date Public
2023-06-01 00:00
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