CVE-2025-20385 (GCVE-0-2025-20385)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-03 17:00 – Updated: 2025-12-03 21:30
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Stored Cross-Site scripting (XSS) through Anchor Tag "href" in Navigation Bar Collections in Splunk Enterprise
Summary
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.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-12-03 21:30 UTC
CWE
- CWE-79 - The software does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Splunk | Splunk Enterprise |
Affected:
10.0 , < 10.0.2
(custom)
Affected: 9.4 , < 9.4.6 (custom) Affected: 9.3 , < 9.3.8 (custom) Affected: 9.2 , < 9.2.10 (custom) |
guessed | |
| Splunk | Splunk Cloud Platform |
Affected:
10.1.2507 , < 10.1.2507.6
(custom)
Affected: 10.0.2503 , < 10.0.2503.7 (custom) Affected: 9.3.2411 , < 9.3.2411.117 (custom) |
guessed |
Date Public
2025-12-03 00:00
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