CVE-2023-32714 (GCVE-0-2023-32714)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-06-01 16:34 – Updated: 2025-02-28 11:03
VLAI
Title
Path Traversal in Splunk App for Lookup File Editing
Summary
In the Splunk App for Lookup File Editing versions below 4.0.1, a low-privileged user can, with a specially crafted web request, trigger a path traversal exploit that can then be used to read and write to restricted areas of the Splunk installation directory.
Severity
8.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-35 - The software uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize '.../...//' (doubled triple dot slash) sequences that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory.
Assigner
Splunk CNA
CNA scorecard – unranked: 0 records in the last 180 days, 10 needed details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Splunk Splunk App for Lookup File Editing Affected: 4.0 , < 4.0.1 (custom)
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Date Public
2023-06-01 00:00
Credits
Torjus Bryne Retterstøl, Binary Security
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