CVE-2023-22942 (GCVE-0-2023-22942)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-02-14 17:22 – Updated: 2025-02-28 11:03
VLAI
Title
Cross-Site Request Forgery in the ‘ssg/kvstore_client’ REST Endpoint in Splunk Enterprise
Summary
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 8.1.13, 8.2.10, and 9.0.4, a cross-site request forgery in the Splunk Secure Gateway (SSG) app in the ‘kvstore_client’ REST endpoint lets a potential attacker update SSG KV store collections using an HTTP GET request.
Severity
5.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
CWE
  • CWE-352 - The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request.
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Splunk Splunk Enterprise Affected: 8.1 , < 8.1.13 (custom)
Affected: 8.2 , < 8.2.10 (custom)
Affected: 9.0 , < 9.0.4 (custom)
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Date Public
2023-02-14 00:00
Credits
Anton (therceman)
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